Shloka 68
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
प्रार्थयेयं त्वया सख्यं पुनरेव जनाधिप । वरं ददामि ते राजन् राज्यस्यार्धमवाप्रुहि
prārthayeyam tvayā sakhyaṃ punar eva janādhipa | varaṃ dadāmi te rājan rājyasyārdham avāpruhi ||
“ജനാധിപാ! ഞാൻ വീണ്ടും നിന്നോടു സൗഹൃദം അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. രാജാവേ! ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ഒരു വരം നൽകുന്നു—ഈ രാജ്യത്തിന്റെ പകുതി എന്നിൽ നിന്ന് സ്വീകരിക്ക.”
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic approach to conflict: restoring friendship through humility and a concrete act of fairness. Offering half the kingdom frames political power as negotiable in service of peace and right relationship.
A king addresses another ruler, renewing a request for friendship and formalizing it with a generous proposal: he offers a boon and invites the other to take half of the kingdom, signaling an attempt at settlement and alliance rather than hostility.