Shloka 28

Bhīmasena’s Digvijaya and Tribute Return (भीमस्य दिग्विजयः धननिवेदनं च)

Devanagari script

मयूरसदृशानन्यानुत्तरानपरानपि । जवनानाशुगांश्वैव करार्थ समुपानयत्‌,इनके सिवा मोरके समान रंगवाले उत्तम, गतिशील और शीघ्रगामी दूसरे भी बहुत-से घोड़े वे करके रूपमें वसूल कर लाये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mayūrasadṛśān anyān uttamān aparān api |

javanān āśugāṁś caiva karārthaṁ samupānayat ||

Translation

వాటితో పాటు, కరార్థం (పన్ను/కానుక)గా మయూరవర్ణసమానమైన, ఉత్తమమైన, వేగవంతమైన, అతి శీఘ్రగామి అయిన మరెన్నో గుర్రాలను కూడా సముపానయించాడు।

Word by Word

मयूर-सदृशान्peacock-like (in color/appearance)

अन्यान्other

उत्तमान्excellent, best

अपरान्others, additional

अपिalso, even

जवनान्swift

आशुगान्fast-going, quick

चand

एवindeed, just

कर-अर्थम्as tribute (for tax/levy)

समुपानयत्brought, presented

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

horses

peacock (as a simile for color)

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 a dharmic-political norm of ancient kingship: resources are gathered as kara (tribute/tax) to support governance and royal authority, and such collection is framed as an established duty within statecraft rather than mere personal acquisition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the course of describing wealth and offerings brought in, the narrator states that many superior horses—peacock-colored and very swift—were also brought as kara (tribute/payment), adding to the catalog of valuable items collected.