Shloka 51

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

लुब्धमर्थप्रदानेन सम॑ न्यूनं तथौजसा । एवं ते कथितं राजज्शृणु चाप्यपरं तथा,लोभीको धन देकर तथा बराबर और कमजोरको पराक्रमसे वशमें करे। राजन्‌! इस प्रकार आपसे नीतियुक्त बर्तावका वर्णन किया गया। अब दूसरी बातें सुनिये

Transliteration

lubdham arthapradānena samaṁ nyūnaṁ tathaujasā | evaṁ te kathitaṁ rājan śṛṇu cāpy aparaṁ tathā ||

Translation

लोभीला धन देऊन आपल्या बाजूने वळवावे; समकक्षाला साम-दामाने वश करावे; आणि दुर्बळाला पराक्रमाच्या बळावर दडपावे. राजन्! अशी नीतियुक्त चाल मी तुला सांगितली; आता पुढील गोष्टही ऐक.

Word by Word

लुब्धम्the greedy (man)

अर्थ-प्रदानेनby giving wealth

समम्an equal (person)

न्यूनम्an inferior/weaker (person)

तथाlikewise/so

ओजसाby strength/valor

एवम्thus

तेto you

कथितम्has been told/said

राजन्O king

शृणुhear/listen

चand

अपिalso/even

अपरम्another (thing)

तथाlikewise/so

Speaker

कणिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

क

कणिक (Kanika)

र

राजन् (the King, addressed as rājan)

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?

Kanika outlines a pragmatic, policy-oriented approach to governance: use gifts to sway the greedy, diplomacy/conciliation to manage equals, and force to control the weaker—then signals that more counsel will follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Adi Parva, Kanika is speaking to a king and delivering a sequence of statecraft instructions; this verse concludes one set of tactics and transitions to further advice.