Shloka 25

Adhyāya 33: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) is welcomed and takes his seat to witness the gadā-engagement

Devanagari script

“महाबाहो! इसमें संदेह नहीं कि धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने तुम्हारा आश्रय लेकर ही शत्रुओंका संहार करके पुनः अपनी उज्ज्वल राज्यलक्ष्मीको प्राप्त कर लिया है। धृतराष्ट्रके सभी पुत्र तुम्हारे ही हाथसे युद्धमें मारे गये हैं ।। राजानो राजतपूुत्राश्न नागाश्न विनिपातितः । कलिज्जा मागधा: प्राच्या गान्धारा: कुरवस्तथा

Transliteration

mahābāho! asmin saṁśayo nāsti yathā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ tava āśrayaṁ labdhvā śatrūn saṁhṛtya punaḥ svāṁ ujjvalāṁ rājyalaḳṣmīṁ prāptavān. dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sarve putrās tavaiva hastena yuddhe hatāḥ. rājāno rājataputrāś ca nāgāś ca vinipātitāḥ; kaliṅgā māgadhāḥ prācyā gāndhārāḥ kuravas tathā.

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Mächtigarmiger, daran besteht kein Zweifel: König Yudhiṣṭhira, der Dharmarāja, hat, indem er bei dir Zuflucht nahm, seine Feinde vernichtet und das strahlende Glück seines Königtums wiedererlangt. Alle Söhne Dhṛtarāṣṭras sind in der Schlacht durch deine eigene Hand gefallen. Könige und Königsprinzen, ja selbst Nāga-Krieger, wurden niedergestreckt—ebenso die Kaliṅga, die Māgadha, die Männer der östlichen Länder, die Gāndhāra und die Kuru.“

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'mahābāho', 'definition': 'O mighty-armed one

• an epithet of a great warrior (here addressed to Bhīma)'}, {'term': 'saṁśayaḥ', 'definition': 'doubt, uncertainty'}, {'term': 'dharmarājaḥ', 'definition': 'the king of dharma

• epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira'}, {'term': 'āśraya', 'definition': 'refuge, support, reliance'}, {'term': 'śatrūn saṁhṛtya', 'definition': 'having destroyed/annihilated the enemies'}, {'term': 'rājyalaḳṣmī', 'definition': 'the fortune/splendor of sovereignty

• royal prosperity'}, {'term': 'dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ', 'definition': 'the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the Kauravas)'}, {'term': 'vinipātitāḥ', 'definition': 'felled, struck down, slain'}, {'term': 'rājānaḥ / rājataputrāḥ', 'definition': 'kings / princes of royal lineage'}, {'term': 'nāgāḥ', 'definition': 'Nāga warriors/people (serpent-lineage or a named group in the battle lists)'}, {'term': 'kaliṅgāḥ, māgadhāḥ, prācyāḥ, gāndhārāḥ, kuravaḥ', 'definition': 'peoples/forces from Kaliṅga, Magadha, the eastern regions, Gandhāra, and the Kuru realm'}]

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• Bhīma (implied by address mahābāho and attribution of slaying)
• Kaliṅga
• Magadha
• Prācya (eastern lands)
• Gandhāra
• Kuru
• Nāgas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames political restoration as grounded in righteous leadership (Dharmarāja) supported by capable protectors: reliance on a powerful ally enables the re-establishment of lawful sovereignty, while war brings sweeping, irreversible consequences for many peoples.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yudhiṣṭhira has regained royal prosperity by taking refuge in Bhīma’s strength; he emphasizes that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and many allied kings and regional forces (Kaliṅga, Magadha, easterners, Gandhāra, Kurus, etc.) have been slain in the battle.