Shloka 61

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

निजग्राह महाबाहुस्तरसा पौरवेश्वरम्‌ । आकृतिं कौशिकाचार्य यत्नेन महता तत:

Transliteration

nijagrāha mahābāhus tarasā pauraveśvaram | ākṛtiṁ kauśikācārya yatnena mahatā tataḥ ||

Translation

அப்போது மகாபாகு வீரன் விரைவாகப் பௌரவ ஈசுவரனைப் பிடித்தான். பின்னர் பெரும் முயற்சியால் கௌசிகாசாரியரின் சீடன் ஆக்ருதியையும் அடக்கி ஆளினான்.

Word by Word

• निजग्राह: seized, grasped
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तरसा: with force, swiftly
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• पौरवेश्वरम्: the lord of the Pauravas
• पौरवेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरवेश्वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आकृतिम्: form, shape
• आकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकृति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• कौशिकाचार्य: O teacher Kauśika
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकाचार्य
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यत्नेन: with effort
• यत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• mahābāhu (the mighty-armed one; unnamed in this verse)
• Pauraveśvara (lord of the Pauravas)
• Kauśikācārya (a teacher associated with Kauśika)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power is ethically meaningful when used as restraint rather than as cruelty: the hero’s strength is directed toward controlling a volatile situation and preventing further harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sahadeva narrates that a mighty warrior quickly seizes the Paurava ruler and then, with considerable effort, also subdues a figure addressed as Kauśikācārya, indicating a forceful containment of key persons in the episode.