Shloka 68

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

कृत्स्नं कोलगिरिं चैव सुरभीपत्तनं तथा । द्वीपं ताम्राह्नययं चैव पर्वत रामक॑ तथा

Transliteration

kṛtsnaṃ kolagiriṃ caiva surabhīpattanaṃ tathā | dvīpaṃ tāmrāhnayaṃ caiva parvataṃ rāmakaṃ tathā ||

Translation

サハデーヴァは言った。「彼はコーラギリの全域、スラビーの都、タームラーハナヤと呼ばれる島、そしてラーマカという名の山を、ことごとく支配下に置いた。」

Word by Word

• कृत्स्नम्: entire, whole
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कोलगिरिम्: the Kolagiri (mountain/region)
• कोलगिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलगिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सुरभीपत्तनम्: Surabhī-pattana (a city/port)
• सुरभीपत्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभीपत्तन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• द्वीपम्: island
• द्वीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्राह्नयम्: named Tāmrahṇaya (as an epithet/name)
• ताम्राह्नयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्राह्नय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रामकम्: named Rāmaka
• रामकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रामक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Kolagiri
• Surabhīpattana
• Tāmrāhnaya-dvīpa
• Rāmaka-parvata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage underscores a dharmic model of kingship: establishing political order through recognized submission and tribute, supporting a larger lawful rite (Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya) rather than conquest for personal greed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva is reporting (or being reported) as having brought several southern regions—Kolagiri, Surabhīpattana, Tāmrāhnaya island, and Rāmaka mountain—under control as part of the Pandavas’ campaign to secure allegiance and revenue for the Rājasūya.