Shloka 1

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

नस्ममा न (0) आसजअन+- - इसीको आजकल रोहतक (पंजाब) कहते हैं। (राजसूयपर्व) त्रयस्त्रिंशो 5 ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरके शासनकी विशेषता

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evaṃ nirjitya pṛthivīṃ bhrātaraḥ kurunandana | vartamānāḥ svadharmeṇa śaśāsuḥ pṛthivīm imām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : « Ô joie des Kuru ! Ainsi, après avoir conquis la terre, les frères — agissant selon leur propre dharma — se mirent à gouverner ce monde même. »

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• निर्जित्य: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (sense)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वर्तमानाः: acting/behaving (being engaged)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• स्वधर्मेण: by their own duty
• स्वधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• शशासुः: ruled
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शास्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by address 'Kurunandana')
• Pāṇḍava brothers (collectively)
• Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is grounded in svadharma: power gained (even by conquest) must be exercised through righteous conduct, restraint, and duty-based governance rather than personal whim.

What is happening in the narrative?

After establishing supremacy over the realm, the Pāṇḍava brothers begin ruling the earth; the narrator Vaiśampāyana frames their reign as one conducted according to dharma, setting the stage for the Rajasuya-related developments in this section.