Shloka 66

Devanagari script

असौहदं परित्यज्य सौहृदे पर्यवस्थिता: । भरतभूषण! वे समस्त योद्धा एक-दूसरेसे मिलकर बड़े प्रसन्न हुए। इस प्रकार मुनिकी कृपासे वे सभी क्षत्रिय अपने क्रोधको भुलाकर शत्रुभाव छोड़कर परस्पर सौहार्द स्थापित करके मिले

Transliteration

asauhṛdaṃ parityajya sauhṛde paryavasthitāḥ | bharatabhūṣaṇa! te samastā yoddhā anyonyena militvā mahān praharṣaṃ prāpuḥ | evaṃ muneḥ kṛpayā te sarve kṣatriyāḥ krodhaṃ vismṛtya śatrubhāvaṃ vihāya paraspara-sauhārdaṃ sthāpayitvā samāgacchan |

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು— ಹೇ ಭರತವಂಶಭೂಷಣ! ವೈರವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸೌಹಾರ್ದದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರರಾದ ಆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಯೋಧರು ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹರ್ಷಗೊಂಡರು. ಹೀಗೆ ಮುನಿಯ ಕೃಪೆಯಿಂದ ಆ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯರೆಲ್ಲರು ಕ್ರೋಧವನ್ನು ಮರೆತು, ಶತ್ರುಭಾವವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ ಮತ್ತು ಸೌಹಾರ್ದವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ ಒಂದಾದರು.

Word by Word

असौहदंenmity, ill-will

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

सौहृदेin friendship, in amity

पर्यवस्थिताःwere established/settled (in it)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

muni (sage)

kṣatriyas

warriors (yoddhas)

Bharata lineage (Bharata-bhūṣaṇa)

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?

Hostility is not inevitable even among warriors: by the compassionate intervention of a sage, anger can be relinquished and enmity transformed into mutual goodwill. The verse highlights an ethical ideal of post-conflict reconciliation—restoring social order through forgiveness and concord.

What is happening in the narrative?

The warriors, previously divided by antagonism, meet one another and rejoice. Prompted by a sage’s compassion, they forget their anger, abandon the stance of enemies, and establish mutual cordiality, signaling a movement from conflict toward communal healing.