Shloka 25

त्रिगर्त-मात्स्य-संग्रामः

The Trigarta–Matsya Engagement at Twilight

Devanagari script

सहदेवाय राज्ञे च भीमाय नकुलाय च । तान्‌ प्रहृष्टांस्तत: सूता राजभक्तिपुरस्कृता:

Transliteration

sahadevāya rājñe ca bhīmāya nakulāya ca | tān prahṛṣṭāṁs tataḥ sūtā rājabhaktipuraskṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Darauf traten die Wagenlenker — die Treue zu ihrem König voranstellend — zu Sahadeva, dem König, sowie zu Bhīma und Nakula, und fanden sie in froher Erregung.

Word by Word

• सहदेवाय: to Sahadeva
• सहदेवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• राज्ञे: to the king
• राज्ञे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भीमाय: to Bhima
• भीमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नकुलाय: to Nakula
• नकुलाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रहृष्टान्: delighted, rejoicing
• प्रहृष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सूताः: the charioteers
• सूताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूता
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजभक्तिपुरस्कृताः: having royal devotion in front; prompted by loyalty to the king
• राजभक्तिपुरस्कृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजभक्तिपुरस्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sahadeva
• Bhīma
• Nakula
• sūtāḥ (charioteers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights rāja-bhakti—loyal service to rightful authority—as a stabilizing ethical force: attendants act with discipline and purpose when devotion and duty guide them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the charioteers, motivated by loyalty to their king, go to Sahadeva (addressed as king) and also to Bhīma and Nakula, who are described as being pleased or elated.