Shloka 5

Traigarta Attempt to Seize the Aśvamedha Horse; Arjuna’s Restraint and Tactical Victory

Devanagari script

कृष्णाजिनी दण्डपाणि: क्षौमवासा: स धर्मज: । विबभौ द्युतिमान्‌ भूय: प्रजापतिरिवाध्वरे

Transliteration

kṛṣṇājinī daṇḍapāṇiḥ kṣaumavāsāḥ sa dharmajaḥ | vibabhau dyutimān bhūyaḥ prajāpatir ivādhvare ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ສວມຜິວກວາງດຳ (kṛṣṇājina) ຖືໄມ້ທ່ອນໃນມື ແລະນຸ່ງຜ້າລິນິນອັນປະນີດ ບຸດແຫ່ງທັມມະ—ພຣະຣາຊາ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ—ກໍສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງຍິ່ງຂຶ້ນ ປານດັ່ງພຣະປຣະຊາປະຕິ (Prajāpati) ໃນລານພິທີບູຊາ.

Word by Word

• कृष्णाजिनी: wearing a black antelope-skin
• कृष्णाजिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णाजिन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दण्डपाणिः: having a staff in hand
• दण्डपाणिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षौमवासाः: wearing linen/silken garments
• क्षौमवासाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षौमवास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मजः: son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विबभौ: shone, appeared splendid
• विबभौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• द्युतिमान्: radiant, brilliant
• द्युतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूयः: again; moreover; even more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice (ritual)
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaja)
• Prajāpati
• kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin)
• daṇḍa (staff)
• kṣauma (linen garments)
• adhvara/yajña (sacrificial arena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is portrayed as grounded in dharma and self-restraint: the king’s radiance arises not from conquest alone but from disciplined participation in sanctifying rites that order power toward the welfare of beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Aśvamedha setting, Yudhiṣṭhira appears in the sacrificial arena wearing ritual/ascetic insignia (antelope-skin, staff, linen). The narrator likens his renewed splendor to Prajāpati, emphasizing his role as a dharmic sovereign presiding over a consecrated act.