Shloka 24

अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः

Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory

Devanagari script

समेत्य च महाबाहु: सोमदत्तेन चैव ह | दुर्योधनेन शल्येन सौबलेन च वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

sametya ca mahābāhuḥ somadattena caiva ha | duryodhanena śalyena saubalena ca vīryavān ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် လက်တံကြီး၍ သတ္တိပြည့်ဝသော သူသည် ဆိုမဒတ္တနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ ဒုရ္ယောဓနနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ ရှလျနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ ဆောဘလ (ရှကునိ) နှင့်လည်းကောင်း ပေါင်းစည်း၍ အတူတကွ ရှိလာ하였다။

Word by Word

• समेत्य: having met / having come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु: इ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सोमदत्तेन: with Somadatta
• सोमदत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• दुर्योधनेन: with Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शल्येन: with Shalya
• शल्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सौबलेन: with the Saubala (Shakuni)
• सौबलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वीर्यवान्: valiant / powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Somadatta
• Duryodhana
• Śalya
• Saubala (Śakuni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly contrasts mere accumulation of power with ethical governance: formidable allies can unite around a cause, yet if the cause is adharma-driven, such strength becomes a vehicle for injustice rather than protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

A valiant figure (described as mahābāhu and vīryavān) is shown assembling with key Kaurava-aligned leaders—Somadatta, Duryodhana, Śalya, and Śakuni—signaling coordinated counsel and the tightening of Duryodhana’s political-military circle.