Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच विजिते पाण्डवै राजन्‌ प्रशान्ते च विशाम्पते । राष्ट्र बभूवतुर्हष्टो वासुदेवधनंजयौ,वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--प्रजानाथ! नरेश्वर! जब पाण्डवोंने राष्ट्रपर विजय पा ली और सर्वत्र शान्ति स्थापित हो गयी, तब भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca

vijite pāṇḍavai rājan praśānte ca viśāmpate |

rāṣṭraṃ babhūvatur hṛṣṭau vāsudeva-dhanañjayau ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, Herr des Volkes, als die Pāṇḍavas das Reich errungen und überall Frieden hergestellt hatten, wurden Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) und Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) von großer Freude erfüllt.“

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

विजितेwhen (it was) conquered

पाण्डवैःby the Pandavas

राजन्O king

प्रशान्तेwhen (it was) pacified/at peace

चand

विशाम्पतेO lord of the people

राष्ट्रेin the kingdom

बभूवतुःbecame / were

हृष्टौdelighted

वासुदेवVasudeva (Krishna)

धनंजयौand Dhananjaya (Arjuna) (dual)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

rāṣṭra (the kingdom/realm)

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 ethical ideal that victory is meaningful only when it culminates in the pacification of the realm—restoring social order and peace (praśānti) as a kingly duty aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Pāṇḍavas have secured control of the kingdom and tranquility has returned, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are pleased, marking a transition from warfare to governance and consolidation.