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Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माज बक। अऑपफि-छऋाज-ज त्रिशो&्थ्याय: भीमका पूर्व दिशाके अनेक देशों तथा राजाओंको जीतकर भारी धन-सम्पत्तिके साथ इन्द्रप्रस्थमें लौटना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः कुमारविषये श्रेणिमन्तमथाजयत्‌ । कोसलाधिपतिं चैव बृहद्धलमरिंदम:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ kumāraviṣaye śreṇimantam athājayat | kosalādhipatiṃ caiva bṛhaddhalam arindamaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Setelah itu Bhīmasena, penunduk musuh, menaklukkan Śreṇimān, raja di wilayah Kumāra, dan juga Bṛhaddhala, penguasa Kośala.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

कुमारविषयेin the land/region of the Kumaras (Kumara-country)

श्रेणिमन्तम्Shreniman (proper name)

अथthen/and now

अजयत्conquered/defeated

कोसलाधिपतिम्the lord/king of Kosala

चand

एवindeed/also

बृहद्धलम्Brihadbala (proper name)

अरिंदमःenemy-subduer (epithet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Śreṇimān

Bṛhaddhala

Kumāra-deśa (Kumāraviṣaya)

Kośala

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames conquest as a function of righteous kingship: Bhīma’s victories are presented as disciplined subjugation of rival rulers to consolidate a lawful imperial order for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya, emphasizing duty and statecraft over personal aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pandavas’ campaign of conquest (digvijaya) in preparation for the Rājasūya, Bhīmasena defeats Śreṇimān of the Kumāra region and Bṛhaddhala, the king of Kośala, extending Indraprastha’s influence.