Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त॑ चापि वशमानीय किरीटी पुरुषर्षभ: । निषादराज्ञो विषयमेकलव्यस्य जग्मिवान्‌,पुरुषप्रवर किरीटधारी अर्जुन दशार्णराज चित्रांगरको भी वशमें करके निषादराज एकलव्यके राज्यमें गये

Transliteration

taṁ cāpi vaśam ānīya kirīṭī puruṣarṣabhaḥ | niṣādarājño viṣayam ekalavyasya jagmivān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having also brought him under control, Arjuna—crowned and foremost among men—proceeded to the territory of the Niṣāda king Ekalavya.

Word by Word

तंhim

चand

अपिalso

वशम्control, subjection

आनीयhaving brought (under)

किरीटीthe diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

पुरुषर्षभःbull among men, best of men

निषादराज्ञःof the Niṣāda king

विषयम्territory, domain

एकलव्यस्यof Ekalavya

जग्मिवान्went, proceeded

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna (Kirīṭī)

Ekalavya

Niṣāda king

Ekalavya's territory (viṣaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharma of kingship in the Ashvamedha context: the sacrificial horse’s unhindered passage symbolizes imperial authority, and resisting it invites subjugation. Arjuna’s action represents the enforcement of a ritual-political order rather than personal enmity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, escorting the Ashvamedha horse, has already subdued someone (implied from prior context) and then travels onward into the realm associated with the Niṣāda king Ekalavya, continuing the campaign of securing acknowledgments of Yudhiṣṭhira’s sovereignty.