Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्य ते पृथिवीपालास्त्वत्समा: पृथिवीपते । श्रेयांसश्षैव राजान: संधास्यन्ते परंतप,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले भूपाल! उस दशामें जो राजा आपके समान या आपसे बड़े हैं, वे भी आपके साथ संधि कर लेंगे

Transliteration

tasya te pṛthivīpālāstvatsamāḥ pṛthivīpate | śreyāṃsaś caiva rājānaḥ saṃdhāsyante paraṃtapa ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—হে পৃথিৱীপতি, পৰন্তপ! তেতিয়া তোমাৰ সমান ৰজাসকল আৰু তোমাতকৈ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ৰজাসকলেও তোমাৰ সৈতে সন্ধি কৰিব।

Word by Word

तस्यof him/thereof

तेto you

पृथिवीपालाःkings (protectors of the earth)

त्वत्समाःequal to you

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth (O king)

श्रेयांसःsuperior (greater)

चand

एवindeed/also

राजानःkings

सन्धास्यन्तेwill make an alliance / will make peace

परंतपO scorcher of foes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

pṛthivīpati (a king addressed)

pṛthivīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a principle of political ethics (rājadharma): even powerful or superior kings may choose saṃdhi (treaty/accord) when it preserves stability and serves a strategic, orderly outcome; strength is shown not only in battle but also in timely conciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king, assuring him that in the prevailing circumstances other rulers—those equal to him and even those greater—will also align with him by making a treaty, implying growing support through diplomacy rather than immediate conflict.