Shloka 7

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वेडभिषिज्चामो धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । निकृत्योपचरन्‌ वध्य एष धर्म: सनातन:,युद्धमें इनको और इनके सब सेवकोंको अन्य राजाओंसहित परास्त करके हम सब लोग धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको पुनः चक्रवर्ती नरेशके पदपर अभिषिक्त करें। जो दूसरेके साथ छल-कपट अथवा धोखा करके सुख भोग रहा हो उसे मार डालना चाहिये, यह सनातन धर्म है

Transliteration

tataḥ sarve ’bhiṣiñcāmo dharmarājaṁ yudhiṣṭhiram | nikṛtyopacaran vadhya eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

Translation

Then we shall all consecrate Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira once again. One who lives by deceit—practising fraud and treachery to enjoy prosperity—is fit to be slain; this, he declares, is the eternal rule of dharma. The statement frames the coming struggle as a restoration of rightful kingship and a moral response to adharma rather than mere personal vengeance.

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'sarve': 'all (of us)', 'abhiṣiñcāmaḥ (abhiṣiñcāmo)': 'we shall anoint/consecrate (royally install)', 'dharmarājam': 'the king of dharma

• epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira', 'yudhiṣṭhiram': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)', 'nikṛtyā': 'by deceit, fraud, treachery', 'upacaran': 'conducting oneself

• behaving (in a certain way)', 'vadhyaḥ': 'to be slain

• deserving of death/punishment', 'eṣa': 'this', 'dharmaḥ': 'dharma

• righteous law/duty/ethical order', 'sanātanaḥ': 'eternal, perennial'}

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• धर्मराज (Dharmarāja)
• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts a moral principle: prosperity gained and enjoyed through deceit (nikṛti) is adharma, and such conduct warrants severe punishment; the claim is presented as ‘sanātana dharma’—a timeless ethical rule tied to protecting social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva speaks of restoring rightful sovereignty by re-consecrating Yudhiṣṭhira as Dharmarāja, framing the intended action against wrongdoers as a dharmic correction and re-establishment of legitimate rule.