Mahabharata 2.32.7 — Sabha Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 7

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दशार्णान्‌ स जित्वा च प्रतस्थे पाण्डुनन्दन: । शिबींस्त्रिगर्तानम्बष्ठानू मालवान्‌ पञज्चकर्पटान्‌

Transliteration

tān daśārṇān sa jitvā ca pratasthē pāṇḍunandanaḥ | śibīṁs trigartān ambaṣṭhānū mālavān pañcakarpāṭān |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Покорив дашарнов, сын Панду двинулся дальше, поочерёдно усмиряя шибиев, тригартов, амбаштхов, малавов и панчакарпатов.

Word by Word

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दशार्णान्: the Dasharnas (people of Dasharna)
• दशार्णान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

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

• प्रतस्थे: set out / departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: the son of Pandu
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिबीन्: the Shibis
• शिबीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रिगर्तान्: the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अम्बष्ठान्: the Ambasthas
• अम्बष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उ: also/indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• मालवान्: the Malavas
• मालवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पञ्चकर्पटान्: the Panchakarpatas (people called Panchakarpata)
• पञ्चकर्पटान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चकर्पट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍunandana (son of Pāṇḍu)
• Daśārṇas
• Śibis
• Trigartas
• Ambaṣṭhas
• Mālavas
• Pañcakarpāṭas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects a rājadharma-oriented ideal in which a prince consolidates authority through successive victories; it implicitly raises the ethical frame of kingship as the pursuit of sovereignty and order, though it also points to the Mahābhārata’s broader tension between political ambition and moral restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the son of Pāṇḍu, after defeating the Daśārṇas, continues his campaign and subdues several other peoples—Śibis, Trigartas, Ambaṣṭhas, Mālavas, and Pañcakarpāṭas—indicating a sequence of conquests during a wider political-military expedition.