Shloka 68
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
प्रार्थयेयं त्वया सख्यं पुनरेव जनाधिप । वरं ददामि ते राजन् राज्यस्यार्धमवाप्रुहि,“नरेश्वर! मैं पुनः तुमसे मैत्रीके लिये प्रार्थना करता हूँ। राजन! मैं तुम्हें वर देता हूँ, तुम इस राज्यका आधा भाग मुझसे ले लो
prārthayeyam tvayā sakhyaṃ punar eva janādhipa | varaṃ dadāmi te rājan rājyasyārdham avāpruhi ||
„O Herr der Menschen, ich bitte dich abermals um Freundschaft. O König, ich gewähre dir eine Gabe: Nimm von mir die Hälfte dieses Reiches an.“
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic approach to conflict: restoring friendship through humility and a concrete act of fairness. Offering half the kingdom frames political power as negotiable in service of peace and right relationship.
A king addresses another ruler, renewing a request for friendship and formalizing it with a generous proposal: he offers a boon and invites the other to take half of the kingdom, signaling an attempt at settlement and alliance rather than hostility.