Shloka 15

Devanagari script

आजानेयान्‌ हयाज्छीघ्रानादायानिलरंहस: । बलिं च कृत्स्नमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठति वारित:,प्राग्ज्योतिषपुरके अधिपति तथा म्लेच्छोंके स्वामी शूरवीर एवं बलवान्‌ महारथी राजा भगदत्त यवनोंके साथ पधारे थे और वायुके समान वेगवाले अच्छी जातिके शीघ्रगामी घोड़े तथा सब प्रकारकी भेंट-सामग्री लेकर राजद्दवारपर खड़े थे। (अधिक भीड़के कारण) उनका प्रवेश भी रोक दिया गया था

Transliteration

ājāneyān hayāc chīghrān ādāyānila-raṁhasaḥ | baliṁ ca kṛtsnam ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhati vāritaḥ ||

Translation

आजानेयान् हयान् शीघ्रान् आदायानिलरंहसः । बलिं च कृत्स्नमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठति वारितः ॥

Word by Word

आजानेयान्well-bred (of noble breed)

हयान्horses

शीघ्रान्swift

आदायhaving taken

अनिल-रंहसःwind-speed (as fast as the wind)

बलिम्tribute; offering

चand

कृत्स्नम्entire; complete

आदायhaving taken

द्वारिat the door/gate

तिष्ठतिstands; remains

वारितःprevented; stopped

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

palace gate (dvāra)

Ajāneya horses

tribute/offering (bali)

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 how royal order and protocol regulate access even for powerful visitors bearing tribute; it reflects the ethical-political idea that sovereignty is displayed not only through wealth and gifts but through controlled entry, hierarchy, and public recognition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana reports that a visitor has arrived with wind-swift, well-bred horses and a full tribute offering, but is standing at the palace gate because he has been stopped from entering—suggesting crowding and the intense influx of dignitaries at the assembly.