Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

जारासंधि सान्त्वयित्वा करे च विनिवेश्य ह । तैरेव सहितै: सर्वे: कर्णमभ्यद्रवद्‌ बली

Transliteration

jārāsaṃdhi sāntvayitvā kare ca viniveśya ha | taireva sahitaiḥ sarvaiḥ karṇam abhyadravad balī ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ジャラーサンドハの子（または後継）ジャラーサンディを慰め、貢納を条件としてその国に据え置いたのち、剛力のビーマは彼らすべての同盟者を伴い、カルナへと進軍した。

Word by Word

• जारासन्धिम्: Jarasandha
• जारासन्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जारासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सान्त्वयित्वा: having consoled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सान्त्वय् (धातु: सान्त्वयति)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• करे: in (his) hand
• करे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विनिवेश्य: having placed/installed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश् (धातु: विश्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• तैः: with them/by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सहितैः: together with (them)
• सहितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सर्वेः: all (of them)
• सर्वेः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवत्: rushed/charged towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-द्रु (धातु: द्रु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• बली: the strong one
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Jārāsaṃdhi (connected with Jarāsandha)
• Jarāsandha
• Bhīma
• Karṇa
• tribute (kara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a practical aspect of rājadharma: after victory, a ruler should stabilize governance by reassuring the defeated party and binding them through a clear obligation (tribute), thereby reducing chaos and enabling orderly administration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma first pacifies and reinstates Jārāsaṃdhi in the kingdom under the condition of paying tribute, then—supported by the gathered allies—he advances to engage Karṇa.