Shloka 73

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

माकन्दीमथ गज्जायास्तीरे जनपदायुताम्‌ । सो<ध्यावसद्‌ दीनमना: काम्पिल्यं च पुरोत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | Mākandīm atha Gaṅgāyās tīre janapadāyutām | so 'dhyāvasad dīna-manāḥ Kāmpilyaṃ ca purottamam ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dijo: «Después, con el ánimo abatido, fijó su morada en Mākandī, rica en numerosos poblados a la orilla del Gaṅgā, y también en Kāmpilya, la más excelsa de las ciudades.»

Word by Word

• माकन्दीम्: Makandī (city)
• माकन्दीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माकन्दी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• गङ्गायाः: of the Ganga
• गङ्गायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जनपदायुताम्: endowed with many districts/territories
• जनपदायुताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनपदायुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यावसत्: dwelt/resided
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-वास्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दीनमनाः: having a dejected mind
• दीनमनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीनमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काम्पिल्यम्: Kāmpilya (city)
• काम्पिल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्पिल्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• पुरोत्तमम्: the best of cities
• पुरोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gaṅgā
• Mākandī (Mākandīpurī)
• Kāmpilya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharma-inflected ideal that even after conquest, the defeated need not be destroyed; political power can be exercised with restraint, allowing restoration and protection, and reminding rulers that fortune and sovereignty are unstable.

What is happening in the narrative?

A dejected ruler takes residence in Mākandī by the Gaṅgā and in the foremost city Kāmpilya. In the surrounding episode, this relocation and renewed rule follow a conflict in which he is overcome and then preserved rather than eliminated.