Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अपन क्राता बछ। 5 नवाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: सुन्द और उपसुन्दद्वारा क्रूरतापूर्ण कर्मोंसे त्रिलोकीपर विजय प्राप्त करना नारद उवाच उत्सवे वृत्तमात्रे तु त्रैलोक्याकाड्क्षिणावु भौ । मन्त्रयित्वा ततः सेनां तावाज्ञापयतां तदा,नारदजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! उत्सव समाप्त हो जानेपर तीनों लोकोंको अपने अधिकारमें करनेकी इच्छासे आपसमें सलाह करके उन दोनों दैत्योंने सेनाको कूच करनेकी आज्ञा दी

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | utsave vṛttamātre tu trailokyākāṅkṣiṇāv ubhau | mantrayitvā tataḥ senāṃ tāv ājñāpayatāṃ tadā ||

Translation

နာရဒက ပြောသည်– «အို ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ၊ ပွဲတော်ပြီးဆုံးသွားသည်နှင့်တပြိုင်နက် သုံးလောကကို မိမိတို့အာဏာအောက်သို့ ဆောင်ယူလိုသော ထိုနှစ်ဦးသည် အချင်းချင်း တိုင်ပင်ပြီးနောက် စစ်တပ်ကို ချီတက်ရန် အမိန့်ပေးလေ၏»။

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid/spoke

उत्सवेin/at the festival

वृत्तमात्रेwhen it had just ended (only just occurred)

तुbut/indeed

त्रैलोक्याकाङ्क्षिणौdesiring the three worlds

उभौboth

मन्त्रयित्वाhaving consulted/deliberated

ततःthen/thereafter

सेनाम्the army

तौthose two

आज्ञापयताम्let them order/they ordered (commanded)

तदाat that time

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Yudhiṣṭhira

Sunda

Upasunda

Trailokya (the three worlds)

Senā (army)

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?

Unchecked ambition for dominion over others—especially on a cosmic scale—signals a drift toward adharma; even orderly planning and consultation become ethically tainted when the goal is unjust conquest.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a festival ends, Sunda and Upasunda, desiring to subjugate the three worlds, confer with each other and then command their army to set out for conquest.