Shloka 8

Devanagari script

क्रीडतो भोजराजस्य एष रैवतके गिरौ | हत्वा बद्ध्वा च तान्‌ सर्वानुपायात्‌ स्वपुरं पुरा,“एक बार भोजराज (उग्रसेन) रैवतक पर्वतपर क्रीड़ा कर रहे थे। उस समय यह वहीं जा पहुँचा और उनके सेवकोंको मारकर तथा शेष व्यक्तियोंको कैद करके उन सबको अपने नगरमें ले गया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: krīḍato bhojarājasya eṣa raivatake girau | hatvā baddhvā ca tān sarvān upāyāt svapuraṃ purā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Ketika raja Bhoja (Ugrasena) sedang bersenang-senang di Gunung Raivataka, orang ini datang ke sana; ia membunuh sebagian pengiring, mengikat sisanya, lalu membawa mereka semua ke kotanya.

Word by Word

क्रीडतःwhile (he) was playing

भोजराजस्यof the Bhoja-king

एषःthis (man)

रैवतकेon Raivataka

गिरौon the mountain

हत्वाhaving killed

बद्ध्वाhaving bound/captured

चand

तान्those (men)

सर्वान्all

उपायात्by a stratagem / by means

स्वपुरम्to his own city

पुराformerly / once

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhojarāja (Ugrasena)

Raivataka-giri (Mount Raivataka)

sevaka (attendants/servants)

svapura (his own city)

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 highlights adharma in political action: using killing and captivity to assert control violates the ethical duties that protect rulers, their attendants, and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

While the Bhoja king is enjoying himself on Mount Raivataka, an aggressor arrives, kills some attendants, captures the rest, and takes them all to his own city.