Shloka 12

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

Devanagari script

तथैव राजा मत्स्यानां विराटो वाहिनीपति: । पर्वतीयैर्महीपालै: सहित: पाण्डवानियात्‌,इसी प्रकार मत्स्यनरेश सेनापति विराट भी पर्वतीय राजाओंके साथ पाण्डवोंकी सहायताके लिये प्रस्तुत थे

Transliteration

tathaiva rājā matsyānāṃ virāṭo vāhinīpatiḥ | parvatīyair mahīpālaiḥ sahitaḥ pāṇḍavān iyāt ||

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಮತ್ಸ್ಯರಾಜನೂ ಸೇನಾಧಿಪತಿಯಾದ ವಿರಾಟನೂ ಪರ್ವತವಾಸಿ ರಾಜರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪಾಂಡವರ ಸಹಾಯಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಕದನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡಲು ಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದನು।

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

राजाking

मत्स्यानाम्of the Matsyas

विराटःVirata

वाहिनीपतिःcommander of the army

पर्वतीयैःwith the mountain(-region) (kings)

महीपालैःwith kings (protectors of the earth)

सहितःaccompanied, together with

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

इयात्would go / should go (to aid)

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Virāṭa

Matsya (kingdom/people)

Pāṇḍavas

parvatīya mahīpālas (mountain kings/rulers)

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 solidarity: rulers who recognize duty and prior bonds of protection and friendship align their power with a just cause, showing that political authority is ethically accountable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana lists allies assembling for the coming conflict: Virāṭa of Matsya, as an army leader, is prepared to march with mountain rulers to aid the Pāṇḍavas.