Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तैरेव सहित: सर्वैरनुरज्य च तान्‌ नृपान्‌ उलूकवासिनं राजन्‌ बृहन्तमुपजग्मिवान्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ उन नरेशोंको प्रसन्न करके उन सबके साथ उलूकवासी राजा बृहन्तपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

taireva sahitaḥ sarvair anurajya ca tān nṛpān ulūkavāsinaṃ rājan bṛhantam upajagmivān

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Соединившись со всеми ими и, расположив к себе тех царей, заручившись их благоволением, он затем двинулся против Бриханты, царя, жившего в стране Улука. Этот эпизод подчеркивает политическую этику: прежде укрепить союзы и согласие, а уже потом начинать враждебные действия.

Word by Word

तैःby them

एवindeed/only

सहितःaccompanied (with)

सर्वैःby/with all

अनुरज्यhaving pleased

चand

तान्those

नृपान्kings

उलूकवासिनम्dwelling in Ulūka (Ulūka-resident)

राजन्O king

बृहन्तम्Bṛhanta (proper name)

उपजग्मिवान्approached/went to

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya (implied by 'rājan')

Bṛhanta

Ulūka (region/people)

kings (nṛpāḥ)

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 a pragmatic aspect of rājadharma: before initiating conflict, a leader should first secure allies and goodwill (anurāga) among other rulers, so that action is supported by consensus and strength rather than undertaken in isolation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that, accompanied by all his associates, he first conciliated the surrounding kings and then proceeded to confront/advance against Bṛhanta, the ruler associated with Ulūka-land.