Shloka 25

Bhīmasena’s Digvijaya and Tribute Return (भीमस्य दिग्विजयः धननिवेदनं च)

Devanagari script

लोहान्‌ परमकाम्बोजानृषिकानुनत्तरानपि । सहितांस्‍्तान्‌ महाराज व्यजयत्‌ पाकशासनि:,महाराज! लोह, परमकाम्बोज, ऋषिक तथा उत्तर देशोंको भी अर्जुनने एक साथ जीत लिया

Transliteration

lohān paramakāmbojān ṛṣikān uttarān api | sahitāṁs tān mahārāja vyajayat pākaśāsaniḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ພຣະມະຫາກະສັດ, ປາກະສາສະນີ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ຍັງໄດ້ປາບປາມພວກໂລຫະ, ພຣະມະກາມໂບຊະ, ຣິສິກະ ແລະຊາວເໜືອ—ພ້ອມກັນທັງໝົດ.” ຂໍ້ນີ້ເນັ້ນການຂະຫຍາຍອຳນາດຂອງການດິກວິຊະຍະ ໂດຍສະແດງການພິຊິດເປັນການສ້າງລະບຽບອະນາຈັກເພື່ອພິທີຣາຊະສູຍະ ບໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອຄວາມໂລບສ່ວນຕົວ.

Word by Word

• लोहान्: the Lohas (people/region)
• लोहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह (जनपद/देशवाचक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परमकाम्बोजान्: the Parama-Kambojas
• परमकाम्बोजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमकाम्बोज (जनपदवाचक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ऋषिकान्: the Rishikas
• ऋषिकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिक (जनपदवाचक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुत्तरान्: the northern (people/regions)
• अनुत्तरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सहितान्: together/combined
• सहितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यजयत्: conquered/defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + जि (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाकशासनिः: Arjuna (the chastiser of enemies; epithet)
• पाकशासनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाकशासनि (इन्द्र-वाचक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Arjuna (Pākaśāsani)
• Lohas
• Paramakāmbojas
• Ṛṣikas
• Northern peoples (Uttarāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames conquest as an instrument of establishing political order in service of a larger dharmic royal project (the Pāṇḍavas’ Rājasūya), emphasizing coordinated subjugation of multiple regions rather than isolated raids for personal glory.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the digvijaya (campaign of conquest) connected with Yudhiṣṭhira’s imperial rite, Arjuna is described as defeating several northern peoples—Lohas, Paramakāmbojas, Ṛṣikas, and other northerners—bringing them under the Pāṇḍavas’ authority.