Shloka 77

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

एवं राजन्नहिच्छत्रा पुरी जनपदायुता । युधि निर्जित्य पार्थेन द्रोणाय प्रतिपादिता,राजन! इस प्रकार अनेक जनपदोंसे सम्पन्न अहिच्छत्रा नामवाली नगरीको युद्धमें जीतकर अर्जुनने द्रोणाचार्यको गुरु-दक्षिणामें दे दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ rājann ahi-cchatrā purī janapadāyutā | yudhi nirjitya pārthena droṇāya pratipāditā ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „O König, so wurde die Stadt namens Ahicchatrā—reich an vielen umliegenden Bezirken—von Pārtha (Arjuna) im Kampf erobert und dann ordnungsgemäß Droṇa als guru-dakṣiṇā, als Lehrergabe, übergeben. Die Begebenheit unterstreicht die Ethik, den Lehrer durch diszipliniertes Bemühen und eine rechtmäßige Gabe zu ehren, selbst wenn diese Gabe im Krieg errungen wurde.“

Word by Word

एवम्thus

राजन्O king

अहिच्छत्राAhicchatrā (name of a city)

पुरीcity

जनपदwith districts/territories

आयुताendowed/connected (with)

युधिin battle

निर्जित्यhaving conquered

पार्थेनby Pārtha (Arjuna)

द्रोणायto Droṇa

प्रतिपादिताwas delivered/handed over

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Ahicchatrā

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Droṇa (Dronācārya)

King (Janamejaya, implied by address 'rājan')

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 dharmic obligation of a student to honor and repay the teacher (guru-dakṣiṇā). It frames disciplined action—here, a conquest undertaken as a duty—as ethically directed when performed for a rightful commitment and then properly offered to the guru.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana tells the king that Arjuna (Pārtha) conquered the city of Ahicchatrā, along with its dependent territories, in battle and then presented it to Droṇa as the promised guru-dakṣiṇā.