Shloka 7

संवरणस्य पतनं, सचिवोपचारः, वसिष्ठस्य सूर्योपगमनम्

Saṃvaraṇa’s Collapse, Ministerial Aid, and Vasiṣṭha’s Approach to Sūrya

Devanagari script

यस्य बाहू सम॒श्रित्य सुखं सर्वे शयामहे । राज्यं चापद्वतं क्षुद्रैराजिहीर्षामहे पुन:,जिसके बाहुबलका भरोसा करके हम सब लोग सुखसे सोते हैं और नीच शत्रुओंने जिस राज्यको हड़प लिया है, उसको पुनः वापस लेना चाहते हैं,

Transliteration

yasya bāhū samāśritya sukhaṁ sarve śayāmahe | rājyaṁ cāpahṛtaṁ kṣudrair ājihīrṣāmahe punaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Auf die Kraft der Arme jenes Helden gestützt, schlafen wir alle in Frieden. Nun aber trachten wir danach, das Königreich zurückzugewinnen, das niederträchtige Menschen an sich gerissen haben.“

Word by Word

यस्यwhose

बाहूtwo arms

समाश्रित्यhaving taken refuge in / relying on

सुखम्comfortably, happiness (as object/accusative of manner)

सर्वेall

शयामहेwe lie down / we sleep

राज्यम्kingdom

चand

अपहृतम्taken away, seized

क्षुद्रैःby petty/mean (people)

आजीहीर्षामहेwe desire to take back / we wish to recover

पुनःagain

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

rājya (the kingdom)

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 frames political action within dharma: rightful sovereignty, once unjustly seized by unworthy men, may be reclaimed—especially when one’s security and social order depend on the protector’s strength and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira speaks of dependence on a powerful protector (implied ally/elder/warrior) whose strength allows them peace, and declares their intention to recover the kingdom that has been usurped by base opponents.