Shloka 21

Devanagari script

2242 क्र ० 4 कलर १ ७ रे 2 2 १7 बाहुभ्यां मे जिता भूमिर्निहता: सर्वशत्रव: । भवद्धयां युद्धमाकाड्क्षन्नुपपयातो5स्मि पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

bāhubhyāṃ me jitā bhūmir nihatāḥ sarvaśatravaḥ | bhavadbhyāṃ yuddham ākāṅkṣann upaprayāto ’smi parvatam ||

Translation

মোৰ বাহুবলৰ দ্বাৰা পৃথিৱী জয় কৰা হৈছে আৰু মোৰ সকলো শত্ৰু নিহত হৈছে। তথাপি তোমালোক দুয়োৰে সৈতে যুদ্ধ কৰিবলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰি মই এই পৰ্বতলৈ আহিছোঁ।

Word by Word

बाहुभ्याम्by (my) two arms

मेof me / my

जिताconquered

भूमिःthe earth/land

निहताःslain

सर्वशत्रवःall enemies

भवद्भ्याम्by you two

युद्धम्battle

आकाङ्क्षन्desiring

उपपयातःhaving approached / come near

अस्मिI am

पर्वतम्to the mountain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

bhūmi (earth/kingdom)

parvata (mountain)

śatravaḥ (enemies)

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 the ethical tension between martial pride and the deliberate choice to seek further conflict: even after victory and the destruction of enemies, the speaker’s desire for another battle shows how ambition and ego can perpetuate violence rather than restore peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a warrior boasts of having conquered the land and slain all foes, yet declares that he has approached a mountain specifically to fight “you two,” framing the moment as a direct challenge and an escalation toward combat.