Shloka 30

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

प्रसहय वित्तान्यादत्त पार्थिवेभ्य: परंतप । क्षिपत्येकेन वेगेन पजडचबाणशतानि यः:

Transliteration

prasahya vittāny ādatta pārthivebhyaḥ paraṃtapa | kṣipaty ekena vegena śaracāpabāṇaśatāni yaḥ ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ആ പരന്തപൻ രാജാക്കന്മാരിൽ നിന്ന് ബലപ്രയോഗത്തോടെ ധനം പിടിച്ചെടുത്തു; ഒരൊറ്റ വേഗത്തിൽ തന്നെ ധനുസ്സിൽ നിന്ന് നൂറുകണക്കിന് അമ്പുകൾ എറിഞ്ഞുവിട്ടു.

Word by Word

प्रसह्यhaving forcibly overpowered

वित्तानिwealths, riches

आदत्तtook away, seized

पार्थिवेभ्यःfrom kings

परंतपO scorcher of foes

क्षिपतिthrows, hurls

एकेनwith one

वेगेनwith speed, by force

पजडचबाणशतानिhundreds of (pajḍaca?) arrows

यःwho

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

pārthivāḥ (kings/rulers)

vitta (wealth)

śaracāpa (bow)

bāṇa (arrows)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how raw strength and speed can enable domination—seizing wealth and overpowering others—raising an ethical contrast between mere prowess and righteous conduct (dharma). Martial ability is shown as morally ambiguous unless guided by restraint and justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a formidable figure whose actions include forcibly taking riches from kings and displaying extraordinary archery, shooting hundreds of arrows with a single burst of speed—emphasizing both his predatory power and battlefield capability.