Shloka 63

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

ततो वासुकिरभ्येत्य नागैरनुगतस्तदा

Transliteration

tato vāsukir abhyetya nāgair anugatas tadā

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ວາສຸກິ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າມາໃກ້ ໂດຍມີຝູງນາກຕິດຕາມ. ລາວໄດ້ເຫັນ ພີມເສນ ຜູ້ມີແຂນຍາວອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ກ້າຫານນ່າຢ້ານ ແລະມີພະລັງອັນຮ້າຍກາດ. ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນເອງ ພະຍານາກ ອາຣະຍະກະ ກໍໄດ້ເຫັນລາວດ້ວຍ—ອາຣະຍະກະເປັນຕາຍາຍຝ່າຍແມ່ຂອງ ຊູຣະເສນ ຜູ້ເປັນພໍ່ຂອງ ປຣຶຖາ. ອາຣະຍະກະໄດ້ກອດຫຼານຫຼານຂອງຕົນແນ່ນຫນາໄວ້ກັບອົກ ດ້ວຍຄວາມປິຕິ. ພະຍານາກຜູ້ມີກຽດ ວາສຸກິ ກໍພໍໃຈຢ່າງຫຼາຍຕໍ່ ພີມ ແລະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພວກເຮົາຄວນເຮັດການຮັບໃຊ້ອັນເປັນທີ່ຮັກໃຫ້ເຂົາຢ່າງໃດ? ຈະມອບກອງຊັບ—ຄຳ ແລະກອງແກ້ວມະນີ—ໃຫ້ເຂົາບໍ?»

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वासुकिः: Vāsuki (the serpent-king)
• वासुकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्येत्य: having approached, coming near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ (√इ)
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• नागैः: by/with the serpents
• नागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनुगतः: followed, accompanied
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-गम् (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Kta (past passive participle)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsuki
• Nāgas
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Āryaka
• Pṛthā (Kuntī)
• Śūrasena
• Gold (suvarṇa)
• Jewels (ratna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights dharmic kinship and gratitude: elders recognize and protect their descendants, and honor is expressed through affectionate welcome and appropriate gifts. Power is framed within relationship and responsibility, not mere dominance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsuki arrives with the Nāgas and sees Bhīma. Āryaka, an ancestral Nāga-king connected to Bhīma through Pṛthā’s lineage, recognizes him, embraces him warmly, and Vāsuki proposes honoring Bhīma by doing a pleasing service and offering wealth, gold, and jewels.