Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स देवप्रस्थमासाद्य सेनाबिन्दो: पुरं प्रति । बलेन चतुरज्जेण निवेशमकरोत्‌ प्रभु:,वहाँसे सेनाबिन्दुकी राजधानी देवप्रस्थमें आकर चतुरंगिणी सेनाके साथ शक्तिशाली अर्जुनने वहीं पड़ाव डाला

Transliteration

sa devaprastham āsādya senābindoḥ puraṁ prati | balena caturajjeṇa niveśam akarot prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Достигнув Девапрастхи, города Сенабинду, могучий разбил там стан, имея при себе полное четырёхчастное войско.

Word by Word

सःhe

देवप्रस्थम्Devaprastha (name of a city)

आसाद्यhaving reached

सेनाबिन्दोःof Senābindu

पुरम्city

प्रतिtowards

बलेनwith (his) force/army

चतुरज्जेणwith the fourfold (army)

निवेशम्camp, encampment

अकरोत्made, set up

प्रभुःthe mighty lord (hero)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devaprastha

Senābindu

Arjuna

caturaṅga-bala (fourfold 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?

The verse highlights controlled strength: even when endowed with power and a full army, the righteous course is orderly advance and disciplined encampment—force governed by purpose and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the hero (understood in context as Arjuna) arrives at Devaprastha, identified as Senābindu’s city, and sets up camp there with his fourfold army.