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Shloka 1

Raivataka-giri Mahotsava and the Counsel on Subhadrā’s Marriage (रैवतके महोत्सवः — सुभद्राविवाहोपायविचारः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वमें युन्दोपयुन्दोपाख्यानके प्रसंगरें तिलोत्तमाप्रस्थापनविषयक दो सौ दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ २१० ॥/ ऑपन-- माल बछ। ्-ज:डि एकादशाधिकद्वधिशततमो<्ध्याय: तिलोत्तमापर मोहित होकर सुन्द-उपसुन्दका आपसमें लड़ना और मारा जाना एवं तिलोत्तमाको ब्रह्माजीद्वारा वरप्राप्ति तथा पाण्डवोंका द्रौपदीके विषयमें नियम- निर्धारण नारद उवाच जित्वा तु पृथिवीं दैत्यौ निःसपत्नौ गतव्यथौ । कृत्वा त्रैलोक्यमव्यग्रं कृतकृत्यौ बभूवतु:,नारदजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! वे दोनों दैत्य सुन्द और उपसुन्द सारी पृथ्वीको जीतकर शत्रुओंसे रहित एवं व्यथारहित हो तीनों लोकोंको पूर्णतः अपने वशमें करके कृतकृत्य हो गये

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | jitvā tu pṛthivīṃ daityau niḥsapatnau gatavyathau | kṛtvā trailokyam avyagraṃ kṛtakṛtyau babhūvatuḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „O Yudhiṣṭhira! Nachdem die beiden Daityas Sunda und Upasunda die Erde erobert hatten, waren sie ohne Rivalen und ohne Bedrängnis. Als sie die drei Welten ohne Hindernis unter ihre Gewalt gebracht hatten, meinten sie, ihr Ziel sei erfüllt—und so wird die spätere moralische Umkehr vorbereitet, wenn ungezügelte Macht und Hochmut zum Samen des Untergangs werden.“

Word by Word

जित्वाhaving conquered

तुindeed/but

पृथिवीम्the earth

दैत्यौthe two demons

निःसपत्नौwithout rivals/enemies

गतव्यथौfree from distress; untroubled

कृत्वाhaving made; having rendered

त्रैलोक्यम्the three worlds

अव्यग्रम्undisturbed; unagitated

कृतकृत्यौhaving accomplished their purpose

बभूवतुःthey became; they were

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Sunda

Upasunda

Daityas

Earth (Pṛthivī)

Three worlds (Trailokya)

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 intoxicating effect of unchecked success: when power becomes uncontested (niḥsapatna) and one feels 'mission accomplished' (kṛtakṛtya), vigilance over desire and ego often collapses—preparing the ground for self-destruction and the restoration of cosmic balance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada reports that Sunda and Upasunda have conquered the earth and subdued the three worlds, becoming unrivaled and seemingly secure. This triumph is the prelude to the next events in which their internal weakness—soon focused through Tilottamā—will cause them to fight each other and perish.