Shloka 16

Devanagari script

पुलिन्दांश्व॒ रणे जित्वा ययौ दक्षिणत: पुर: । युयुधे पाण्ड्यराजेन दिवसं नकुलानुज:,फिर पुलिन्दोंको संग्राममें हहकर नकुलके छोटे भाई सहदेव दक्षिण दिशामें और आगे बढ़ गये। तत्पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने पाण्ड्य-नरेशके साथ एक दिन युद्ध किया

Transliteration

Pulindāṁś ca raṇe jitvā yayau dakṣiṇataḥ puraḥ | yuyudhe Pāṇḍyarājena divasaṁ Nakulānujaḥ ||

Translation

ಪುಲಿಂದರನ್ನು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯಿಸಿ, ನಕುಲನ ಅನುಜ ಸಹದೇವನು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನತ್ತ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಮುಂದುವರಿದನು. ನಂತರ ಅವನು ಪಾಂಡ್ಯರಾಜನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಯುದ್ಧ ಮಾಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

पुलिन्दान्Pulindas (a tribe/people)

चand

रणेin battle

जित्वाhaving conquered

ययौwent

दक्षिणतःsouthwards / to the south

पुरःforward / ahead

युयुधेfought

पाण्ड्यराजेनwith the Pandya king

दिवसम्for a day / a day (duration)

नकुलानुजःNakula's younger brother (Sahadeva)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pulindas

Sahadeva

Nakula

Pāṇḍya king

Dakṣiṇa (southern direction)

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 reflects kṣatriya-dharma in the context of a royal campaign: a prince advances methodically, subduing opponents to establish political order and sovereignty. The ethical frame is not personal enmity but the duty-bound conduct of warfare and governance within a larger statecraft objective.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva, after defeating the Pulindas, continues southward and then engages the Pāṇḍya king in battle for one full day, marking another stage in his southern expedition described in the Sabha Parva.