Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स राजा जाह्नवीतीरे यथा ते कथितं मया । तेनाग्निना समायुक्त: स्वेनैव भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

sa rājā jāhnavītīre yathā te kathitaṃ mayā | tenāgninā samāyuktaḥ svenaiva bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

قال نارادا: «إنَّ ذلك الملك، على ضفّة نهر الجاهنَوي، كما قصصتُ عليك، قد اتّحد بتلك النار عينِها—بوسيلةٍ اختارها بنفسه، يا خيرَ آلِ بهاراتا».

Word by Word

सःhe

राजाking

जाह्नवी-तीरेon the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

यथाas, just as

तेto you

कथितम्told, narrated

मयाby me

तेनwith that, by that

अग्निनाwith fire

समायुक्तःjoined/associated, endowed

स्वेनwith his own

एवindeed, only

भरत-ऋषभO bull among the Bharatas

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

the king (unnamed in this verse)

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Agni (fire)

Bharata lineage (addressed as Bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores disciplined, self-directed acceptance of life’s final transition in accordance with dharma: the king’s end is portrayed not as chaos but as a deliberate, purifying consummation aligned with ascetic ideals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada continues his report, stating that the king—on the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)—met his end by entering/being united with fire, exactly as Nārada had previously described to his listener (addressed as ‘best of the Bharatas’).