Shloka 60

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

त्रैपुरं स वशे कृत्वा राजानममितौजसम्‌

Transliteration

traipuraṃ sa vaśe kṛtvā rājānam amitaujasam

Translation

ত্রৈপুৰক নিজৰ বশত আনি তেওঁ অপৰিমেয় পৰাক্ৰমশালী ৰজাকো দমন কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• त्रैपुरम्: Tripura (the three cities/fortress)
• त्रैपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वशे: under control, in subjugation
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made, having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for absolutive), Prior action (having done)

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमितौजसम्: of immeasurable might
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Tripura (Traipura)
• a mighty king (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of royal capability: establishing control over strongholds and powerful rivals to secure political stability. In the Mahabharata’s ethical frame, such power is meaningful when aligned with rājadharma—maintaining order and protecting the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva is recounting a feat of subjugation: Tripura is brought under control, and a king of great might is subdued. The line functions as a concise praise-report of conquest within a broader political or ceremonial context in the Sabha Parva.