Shloka 33

अर्जुनस्योत्तरदिग्विजयः

Arjuna’s Northern Conquests and Tribute Collection

Devanagari script

जरासंधदह्दे घोरे दुःखपड्के निमज्जताम्‌ | राज्ञां समभ्युद्धरणं यदिदं कृतमद्य वै

Transliteration

jarāsandha-hrade ghore duḥkha-paṅke nimajjatām | rājñāṁ samabhyuddharaṇaṁ yad idaṁ kṛtam adya vai ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “We kings were sinking in the dreadful lake of Jarāsandha, mired in the mud of suffering. The rescue you have accomplished for us today is truly fitting for you.”

Word by Word

• जरासन्धदहदे: in the lake (daha) of Jarāsandha
• जरासन्धदहदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध-दहद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दुःखपङ्के: in the mire of sorrow
• दुःखपङ्के: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख-पङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निमज्जताम्: of (us) sinking
• निमज्जताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मज्ज्
• Form: Present (Vartamana), —, Plural, Shatru-participle (present active participle), Genitive plural

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• राज्ञाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समभ्युद्धरणम्: complete rescue / lifting out
• समभ्युद्धरणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-अभि-उद्धरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृतम्: done / accomplished
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past (Kta), —, Singular, Past passive participle (kta), Neuter nominative singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: true

• वै: indeed / surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: true

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jarāsandha
• kings (rājānaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous leader’s duty is to protect and uplift those oppressed by tyranny; rescuing others from suffering is presented as an act befitting true nobility and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes many kings as trapped under Jarāsandha’s oppressive power, likening their plight to drowning in a dreadful lake of misery, and praises the addressee for having rescued them that very day.