Shloka 5

Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधान्‌ देशान्‌ विजिग्ये भरतर्षभ: । भल्लाटमभितो जिग्ये शुक्तिमन्तं च पर्वतम्‌,इस प्रकार भरतवंशभूषण भीमसेनने अनेक देश जीते और भल्लाटके समीपतवर्ती देशों तथा शुक्तिमान्‌ पर्वतपर भी विजय प्राप्त की

Transliteration

evaṁ bahuvidhān deśān vijigye bharatarṣabhaḥ | bhallāṭam abhito jigye śuktimantaṁ ca parvatam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Thus the bull among the Bharatas (Bhīmasena) conquered many kinds of regions. He also subdued the territories surrounding Bhallāṭa and brought the mountain called Śuktimān under his control.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• बहुविधान्: many kinds of
• बहुविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• देशान्: countries, regions
• देशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विजिग्ये: conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जये)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभः: the bull among the Bharatas (best of the Bharatas)
• भरतर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भल्लाटम्: Bhallaṭa (a place/region)
• भल्लाटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्लाट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around, on all sides of, near
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• जिग्ये: conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जये)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुक्तिमन्तम्: Śuktimat (named), oyster/pearl-bearing
• शुक्तिमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्तिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (implied by 'bharatarṣabhaḥ' and context)
• Bhallāṭa
• Śuktimān mountain