Shloka 25

त्रिगर्त-मात्स्य-संग्रामः

The Trigarta–Matsya Engagement at Twilight

Devanagari script

सहदेवाय राज्ञे च भीमाय नकुलाय च । तान्‌ प्रहृष्टांस्तत: सूता राजभक्तिपुरस्कृता:

Transliteration

sahadevāya rājñe ca bhīmāya nakulāya ca | tān prahṛṣṭāṁs tataḥ sūtā rājabhaktipuraskṛtāḥ ||

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—அப்போது அரசபக்தியை முன்னிறுத்திய சாரதிகள் மகிழ்ச்சியுற்ற சகதேவ அரசனிடமும், பீமனிடமும், நகுலனிடமும் சென்று அணுகினர்.

Word by Word

सहदेवायto Sahadeva

राज्ञेto the king

चand

भीमायto Bhima

नकुलायto Nakula

चand

तान्them

प्रहृष्टान्delighted, rejoicing

ततःthen; thereafter

सूताःthe charioteers

राजभक्तिपुरस्कृताःhaving royal devotion in front; prompted by loyalty to the king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sahadeva

Bhīma

Nakula

sūtāḥ (charioteers)

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 rāja-bhakti—loyal service to rightful authority—as a stabilizing ethical force: attendants act with discipline and purpose when devotion and duty guide them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the charioteers, motivated by loyalty to their king, go to Sahadeva (addressed as king) and also to Bhīma and Nakula, who are described as being pleased or elated.