Shloka 25

अलम्बुस-वधः

The Neutralization of Alambusa

Devanagari script

तत्र तस्योपविष्टस्य भूषणानि महात्मन: । उपाजहुर्महाहणि प्रेष्या: शुभ्रीाणि सर्वश:,वहाँ बैठे हुए महात्मा राजा युधिष्ठिरको उनके सेवकोंने सब प्रकारके उज्ज्वल एवं बहुमूल्य आभूषण भेंट किये

Transliteration

tatra tasyopaviṣṭasya bhūṣaṇāni mahātmanaḥ | upājahur mahāhāṇi preṣyāḥ śubhrāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ເມື່ອກະສັດຜູ້ມີໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ນັ່ງຢູ່ ບັນດາຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ຂອງພຣະອົງໄດ້ນຳເອົາ—ໃນວັນອັນສຳຄັນນັ້ນ—ເຄື່ອງປະດັບສະຫວ່າງໄສ ງາມສົດສະໃສທຸກປະເພດ ມາຖວາຍແດ່ພຣະອົງ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໜ້າທີ່ແລະສັກສີຂອງກະສັດ ຖືກຢືນຢັນຕໍ່ໜ້າສາທາລະນະ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຢູ່ກາງຄວາມຕຶງເຄັມຂອງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

तस्यof him

उपविष्टस्यof (the one) seated

भूषणानिornaments

महात्मनःof the great-souled (man)

उपाजहुःthey brought/presented

महाहणिin the great battle

प्रेष्याःservants/attendants

शुभ्राणिbright, splendid

सर्वशःin every way; from all sides

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by context as the seated king)

attendants/servants (preṣyāḥ)

ornaments/jewelry (bhūṣaṇāni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the midst of war, the king’s public dignity and readiness to uphold dharma are reinforced through proper royal decorum; service to a righteous ruler is portrayed as a supportive duty that sustains order and morale.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a scene where the seated king (Yudhiṣṭhira, by context) is presented with shining, valuable ornaments by his attendants, marking a formal moment of honor and preparation within the war-time setting.