Shloka 35

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

शुक्तिमतीमनड्रां च तथैव वृषसाह्दयाम्‌ । लोहित्यां करतोयां च तथैव वृषकाह्नयाम्‌

Transliteration

śuktimatīm anadrāṃ ca tathaiva vṛṣasāhdayām | lohityāṃ karatoyāṃ ca tathaiva vṛṣakāhnayām ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «(لقد اجتاح/أخضع) شوكْتيمَتي وأنَدْرا، وكذلك فْرِشَساهْدَيا؛ وأيضًا لوهِتْيا وكَرَتُويا، وكذلك فْرِشَكاهْنَيا».

Word by Word

शुक्तिमतीम्the (river/city) Śuktimatī

अनड्राम्Anadrā (name of a river/place)

चand

तथाthus, likewise

एवindeed, just

वृषसाह्वयाम्Vṛṣa-sāhvayā (the one named 'Vṛṣa')

लोहित्याम्Lohityā (name of a river)

करतोयाम्Karatoyā (name of a river)

चand

तथाlikewise

एवindeed

वृषकाह्वयाम्Vṛṣa-kāhvayā (the one named 'Vṛṣaka')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

श

शुक्तिमती (Śuktimatī)

अ

अनद्रा (Anadrā)

व

वृषसाह्दया (Vṛṣasāhdayā)

ल

लोहित्या (Lohityā)

क

करतोया (Karatoyā)

व

वृषकाह्नया (Vṛṣakāhnayā)

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 functions as part of an epic catalogue of regions brought under control, highlighting the scale of political power and the far-reaching consequences of warfare and ambition; ethically, it invites reflection on how conquest expands dominion but also multiplies responsibility and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues listing territories—largely identified by place- or river-names—that were subdued/overrun in the course of campaigns being recounted in Bhīṣma Parva, emphasizing the breadth of the forces and lands involved.