Shloka 28

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 113 — Maryādā-sthāpana (Śvetaketu’s Boundary) and the Niyoga Deliberation of Pāṇḍu and Kuntī

Devanagari script

ततः कोशं समादाय वाहनानि च भूरिश: । पाण्डुना मिथिलां गत्वा विदेहा: समरे जिता:,उसके बाद भारी खजाना और वाहन आदि लेकर पाण्डुने मिथिलापर चढ़ाई की और विदेहवंशी क्षत्रियोंको युद्धमें परास्त किया

Transliteration

tataḥ kośaṃ samādāya vāhanāni ca bhūriśaḥ | pāṇḍunā mithilāṃ gatvā videhāḥ samare jitāḥ ||

Translation

Затем Панду, захватив богатую казну и множество повозок, двинулся к Митхиле; и в битве покорил воинов Видехи.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्ययम्

• कोशम्: treasury/hoard
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (दा/ददाति)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• वाहनानि: vehicles/conveyances
• वाहनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्ययम्

• भूरिशः: in abundance, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस्
• Form: अव्ययम्

• पाण्डुना: by Pandu
• पाण्डुना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मिथिलाम्: Mithila (city/kingdom)
• मिथिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिथिला
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• विदेहाः: the Videhas (people of Videha)
• विदेहाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदेह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• जिताः: conquered/defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍu
• Mithilā
• Videha (Videhāḥ)
• kośa (treasury)
• vāhana (conveyances/vehicles)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects the epic’s view of kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a ruler expands authority through sanctioned warfare, gaining wealth and strategic assets (treasury and conveyances). It implicitly raises the ethical frame of kingship—power, victory, and acquisition are portrayed as instruments of statecraft within the warrior code.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Pāṇḍu, after securing substantial wealth and many vehicles, advances to Mithilā and defeats the Videha warriors in battle, marking another step in his campaign of conquest.