Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सो$5भिषिक्तो महाराज परिष्वज्य नृपोत्तमम्‌ | प्रययौँ सिंहनादेन दिश: सर्वा विनादयन्‌

Transliteration

so’bhiṣikto mahārāja pariṣvajya nṛpottamam | prayayau siṃhanādena diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan ||

Translation

ഹേ മഹാരാജാ! അഭിഷിക്തനായ ശേഷം അവൻ ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ നരേശ്വരനെ ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്തു; പിന്നെ സിംഹനാദം മുഴക്കി സർവ്വദിക്കുകളെയും മുഴങ്ങവെച്ച് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

सःhe

अभिषिक्तःhaving been anointed

महाराजO great king

परिष्वज्यhaving embraced

नृपोत्तमम्the best of kings

प्रययौset forth / went

सिंहनादेनwith a lion-roar

दिशःthe directions

सर्वाःall

विनादयन्resounding / making resound

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)

nṛpottama (an unnamed foremost king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal of legitimate authority and duty: consecration symbolizes rightful assumption of responsibility, while the embrace signifies allegiance and unity; the lion-roar represents fearless resolve to act according to kṣatriya-dharma in a time of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being formally anointed, the person described embraces a foremost king and then departs with a thunderous lion-like shout, so powerful that it seems to make all directions echo—signaling readiness and public confidence as events move forward in the war setting.