Shloka 26

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 139 — Hiḍimba’s Detection and Hiḍimbā’s Approach to Bhīma

Devanagari script

एवं सर्वे महात्मान: पाण्डवा मनुजोत्तमा: । परराष्ट्राणि निर्जित्य स्वराष्ट्र ववृधु: पुरा,जनमेजय! इस तरह नरश्रेष्ठ महामना पाण्डवोंने प्राचीन कालमें दूसरे राष्ट्रोंकोी जीतकर अपने राष्ट्रकी अभिवृद्धि की

Transliteration

evaṁ sarve mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavā manujottamāḥ | pararāṣṭrāṇi nirjitya svarāṣṭraṁ vavṛdhuḥ purā, janamejaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: So also, o Janamejaya, vermehrten und stärkten all jene großherzigen Pāṇḍavas—die Vornehmsten unter den Menschen—ihr eigenes Reich, nachdem sie in alter Zeit andere Königreiche bezwungen hatten.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सर्वेall

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

मनुजोत्तमाःbest of men

पर-राष्ट्राणिother kingdoms

निर्जित्यhaving conquered

स्व-राष्ट्रम्their own kingdom

ववृधुःthey increased / they caused to prosper

पुराformerly, in ancient times

जनमेजयO Janamejaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Pāṇḍavas

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 a royal ideal: strength and success are measured not only by victory over rivals but by the resulting growth and stability of one’s own realm. Conquest is presented as meaningful when it culminates in the flourishing of the kingdom under capable rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating to King Janamejaya, summarizes that the Pāṇḍavas in earlier times defeated other kingdoms and thereby expanded and strengthened their own sovereignty.