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Shloka 2

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 58: Yudhiṣṭhira’s dawn rites, royal gifts, and the reception of Kṛṣṇa

साद्रिद्वीपार्णववनां रथघोषेण नादयन्‌ । स शिबिर्व रिपून्‌ नित्यं मुख्यान्‌ निध्नन्‌ सपत्नजित्‌,राजा शिबिने पर्वत, द्वीप, समुद्र और वनोंसहित इस पृथ्वीको अपने रथकी घरघराहटसे प्रतिध्वनित करते हुए प्रधान-प्रधान शत्रुओंको मारकर सदा ही अपने विपक्षियोंपर विजय प्राप्त की थी

sādridvīpārṇavavanāṁ rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan | sa śibir iva ripūn nityaṁ mukhyān nidhnan sapatnajit |

నారదుడు పలికెను—రాజు శిబి పర్వతాలు, ద్వీపాలు, సముద్రాలు, వనాలతో కూడిన ఈ భూమిని తన రథఘోషతో నాదింపజేస్తూ, ప్రధాన శత్రువులను సంహరించి, ఎల్లప్పుడూ ప్రత్యర్థులపై విజయం సాధించేవాడు।

he/that (king)
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अद्रि-द्वीप-अर्णव-वनाम्the earth (with mountains, islands, oceans, and forests)
अद्रि-द्वीप-अर्णव-वनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि/द्वीप/अर्णव/वन
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
रथ-घोषेणby the roar/sound of (his) chariot
रथ-घोषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथघोष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
नादयन्making resound
नादयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनद्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
he
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शिबिःŚibi (the king)
शिबिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिबि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रिपून्enemies
रिपून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नित्यम्always/constantly
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
मुख्यान्chief/foremost
मुख्यान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमुख्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
निघ्नन्slaying/killing
निघ्नन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (नि + हन्)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सपत्न-जित्conqueror of rivals (epithet)
सपत्न-जित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसपत्नजित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
T
the king (sapatnajit)
C
chariot (ratha)
E
earth (implied by mountains/islands/oceans/forests)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ideal of royal prowess and dominance in battle—how a king’s fame and authority are portrayed as world-resounding through martial success—while implicitly raising the ethical tension between glory gained by conquest and the human cost of continual killing.

Nārada describes a king whose chariot’s thunder seems to make the whole world reverberate; he repeatedly defeats and kills the leading enemies, earning the epithet “sapatnajit,” a perpetual victor over opponents.