Shloka 17

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

आव्न्त्यांश्व॒ वशे कृत्वा साम्ना च भरतर्षभ । वृष्णिभि: सह संगम्य पश्चिमामपि निर्जयत्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ] तदनन्तर उसने सामनीतिके द्वारा अवन्तीदेशके राजाओंको वशमें करके वृष्णिवंशी यादवोंसे हिल-मिलकर पश्चिम दिशापर भी विजय प्राप्त की

Transliteration

Āvantyān sva-vaśe kṛtvā sāmnā ca bharatarṣabha | Vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha saṅgamya paścimām api nirjayat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik di antara Bharata, setelah menundukkan para penguasa Avanti dengan jalan perdamaian dan siasat, lalu bersekutu dengan para Yādava Vṛṣṇi, ia pun menaklukkan penjuru barat.”

Word by Word

आवन्त्यान्the Avanti (kings/people) (as object)

चand

वशेin subjection/under control

कृत्वाhaving made (them)

साम्नाby conciliation/diplomacy

चand

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

वृष्णिभिःwith/through the Vrishnis

सहtogether with

संगम्यhaving met/joined (with)

पश्चिमाम्the western (direction/region)

अपिalso/even

निर्जयत्conquered/defeated

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Avanti

Bharatas

Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)

Western region (Paścima diś)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes