Shloka 16

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा तु ततो गाधिरविश्वामित्रं निवेश्य च । जगाम त्रिदिवं राजन विश्वामित्रो5भवन्नूप:,राजन! यों कहकर राजा गाधि विश्वामित्रको राजसिंहासनपर बिठाकर स्वर्गलोकको चले गये। तत्पश्चात्‌ विश्वामित्र राजा हुए

Transliteration

ity uktvā tu tato gādhir viśvāmitraṃ niveśya ca | jagāma tridivaṃ rājan viśvāmitro 'bhavan nṛpaḥ ||

Translation

そう言い終えると、ガーディ王はヴィシュヴァーミトラを王座に据えた。ついで、王よ、ガーディは天界へと旅立ち、その後ヴィシュヴァーミトラが統治者となった。

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

तुbut/indeed

ततःthen/from there

गाधिःGādhi (the king)

विश्वामित्रम्Viśvāmitra

निवेश्यhaving seated/installed

चand

जगामwent

त्रिदिवम्to heaven (the threefold heaven)

राजन्O king

विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra

अभवत्became/was

नृपःking

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gādhi

Viśvāmitra

Tridiva (Svarga, heaven)

royal throne (rājasiṃhāsana implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic governance: royal authority is transferred through a conscious, legitimate installation of a successor, emphasizing orderly succession and responsibility rather than seizure of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

After making his statement, King Gādhi seats Viśvāmitra on the throne and then departs to heaven; Viśvāmitra subsequently assumes kingship.