Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वशे चक्रे महाबाहु: सुराष्ट्राधिपतिं तदा । फिर त्रिपुरीके राजा अमितौजाकों वशमें करके महाबाहु सहदेवने पौरवेश्वरको वेगपूर्वक बंदी बना लिया। तदनन्तर बड़े भारी प्रयत्नके द्वारा विशाल भुजाओंवाले माद्रीकुमारने सुराष्ट्देशके अधिपति कौशिकाचार्य आकृतिको वशमें किया || ६०-६१ ह ।। सुराष्ट्रविषयस्थश्व प्रेषयामास रुक्मिणे

Transliteration

vase cakre mahābāhuḥ surāṣṭrādhipatiṃ tadā | surāṣṭraviṣayasthaś ca preṣayāmāsa rukmiṇe ||

Translation

তখন মহাবাহু সহদেব সুরাষ্ট্রের অধিপতিকে বশে আনলেন। আর সুরাষ্ট্র-দেশে যা ছিল (বার্তা/কর/ব্যবস্থা) তা রুক্মিণের কাছে প্রেরণ করলেন।

Word by Word

• वशे: in (his) control
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चक्रे: made, brought (under)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुराष्ट्राधिपतिम्: the ruler of Saurashtra
• सुराष्ट्राधिपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराष्ट्राधिपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Surāṣṭra
• Surāṣṭrādhipati (ruler of Surāṣṭra)
• Rukmin

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage illustrates rajadharma in the context of a consecratory imperial rite: regional rulers are expected to acknowledge a paramount king’s authority through submission and tribute, enabling a yajña-based political order with minimal violence when possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Sahadeva’s campaign to gather submissions for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya preparations, he subdues the ruler of Surāṣṭra and then sends a dispatch from Surāṣṭra’s territory to Rukmin.