Shloka 52

अर्जुनस्योत्तरदिग्विजयः

Arjuna’s Northern Conquests and Tribute Collection

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरा भ्यनुज्ञातास्ते नृपा हृष्टमानसा: । जग्मुः स्वदेशांस्त्वरिता यानैरुच्चावचैस्तत:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātās te nṛpā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | jagmuḥ svadeśāṁs tvaritā yānair uccāvacais tataḥ ||

Translation

ユディシュティラの許しを得ると、諸王は心ひそかに喜び、さまざまな乗り物に乗って、ただちにそれぞれの国へと急ぎ去った。

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरेण: by Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: having been permitted / dismissed
• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+अनु+ज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हृष्टमानसाः: with delighted minds
• हृष्टमानसाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्टमानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्वदेशान्: to their own countries
• स्वदेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वदेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्वरिताः: hastened / in haste
• त्वरिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यानैः: by vehicles
• यानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उच्चावचैः: various (high and low; of many kinds)
• उच्चावचैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्चावच
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• nṛpāḥ (kings)
• svadeśāḥ (their respective kingdoms)
• yānāni (various conveyances)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic royal conduct: a ruler grants formal leave to visiting kings, and they depart respectfully and in good order—an ethical model of hospitality, protocol, and stable governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being granted permission by King Yudhiṣṭhira, the assembled kings—pleased and satisfied—quickly return to their own countries using various kinds of vehicles.