Shloka 52

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरा भ्यनुज्ञातास्ते नृपा हृष्टमानसा: । जग्मुः स्वदेशांस्त्वरिता यानैरुच्चावचैस्तत:,राजा युधिष्ठिरकी आज्ञा ले वे सब नरेश मन-ही-मन अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो अनेक प्रकारकी सवारियोंद्वारा शीघ्रतापूर्वक अपने-अपने देशको चले गये

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātās te nṛpā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | jagmuḥ svadeśāṁs tvaritā yānair uccāvacais tataḥ ||

Translation

যুধিষ্ঠিৰৰ অনুমতি পাই সেই সকলো ৰজা অন্তৰে আনন্দিত হৈ নানা প্ৰকাৰ বাহনত উঠি তৎক্ষণাৎ ত্বৰিতভাৱে নিজৰ নিজৰ দেশলৈ প্ৰস্থান কৰিলে।

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरेणby Yudhiṣṭhira

अभ्यनुज्ञाताःhaving been permitted / dismissed

तेthose

नृपाःkings

हृष्टमानसाःwith delighted minds

जग्मुःwent

स्वदेशान्to their own countries

त्वरिताःhastened / in haste

यानैःby vehicles

उच्चावचैःvarious (high and low; of many kinds)

ततःthen / thereafter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

nṛpāḥ (kings)

svadeśāḥ (their respective kingdoms)

yānāni (various conveyances)

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 highlights dharmic royal conduct: a ruler grants formal leave to visiting kings, and they depart respectfully and in good order—an ethical model of hospitality, protocol, and stable governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being granted permission by King Yudhiṣṭhira, the assembled kings—pleased and satisfied—quickly return to their own countries using various kinds of vehicles.