Shloka 32

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

देशैरुच्चावचै: पूर्णा पत्तनैर्नगरैरपि । दीपैश्वानूपसम्पूर्ण: पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते,महाराज! इस प्रकार शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ सूतपुत्र कर्णने पर्वत, वन, खुले स्थान, समुद्र, उद्यान, ऊँचे-नीचे देश, पुर और नगर, द्वीप और जलयुक्त प्रदेशोंसे युक्त सारी पृथ्वीको जीतकर थोड़े ही समयमें समस्त राजाओंको वशमें कर लिया और उनसे अटूट धनराशि लेकर वह राजा धृतराष्ट्रके समीप आया

Transliteration

deśair uccāvacaiḥ pūrṇā pattanaiḥ nagaraiḥ api | dvīpaiś cānūpasampūrṇāṃ pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate mahārāja ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお、大地の主よ、偉大なる王よ。あらゆる地勢に満ち、港と都を備え、島々と水に富む湿地の地をも含む全世界は、カルナの支配のもとに置かれた。彼は諸王をたちまち屈服させ、途切れぬ財の流れを取り立てて、ついにドリタラーシュトラの御前へと赴いた。」

Word by Word

देशैःwith regions/countries

उच्चावचैःwith high and low (varied)

पूर्णाfilled, full

पत्तनैःwith towns/ports

नगरैःwith cities

अपिalso, even

द्वीपैःwith islands

चand

अनूपसम्पूर्णःfilled with marshy/watery tracts

पृथिवीम्the earth

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth (king)

महाराजO great king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

pṛthivī (the earth/realm)

deśa (regions)

pattana (ports)

nagara (cities)

dvīpa (islands)

ānūpa (marshy/watery regions)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames royal power in terms of territorial control and the extraction of tribute, highlighting how political success can be measured by conquest and wealth—yet implicitly raising rājadharma questions about whether dominance and forced tribute align with righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Karṇa’s rapid campaign of subjugation across varied lands—cities, ports, islands, and wetlands—bringing many kings under control, collecting substantial wealth from them, and then returning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s court.