Shloka 2

शमीवृक्षस्थायुधप्रकाशनम् / Revelation and Identification of the Weapons on the Śamī Tree

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca — “ahaṃ iha vijayāśayā samāgatān sarvān kauravān parājitya teṣāṃ gāvaḥ punar ādāya kṣipram eva punar āgamiṣyāmi puram.”

Translation

“విజయాశతో ఇక్కడ సమకూరిన సమస్త కౌరవులను నేను పరాజయపరచి, వారి నుండి నా గోవులను తిరిగి తీసుకొని, శీఘ్రముగా నా నగరమునకు మరలివచ్చెదను.”

Word by Word

गाःcows

तेषाम्of them

क्षिप्रम्quickly

आदायhaving taken

पुनःagain/back

एष्यामिI shall come/return

अहम्I

पुरम्to the city

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kauravas

cows/cattle

city (puram)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights royal duty and the ethics of protection and restitution: cattle symbolize prosperity and social stability, so recovering them becomes a matter of honor and governance, framed through confidence in rightful victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker declares an intention to confront the assembled Kauravas, defeat them, reclaim the stolen/contested cattle, and return quickly to his city—setting the tone for an imminent clash centered on a cattle-recovery expedition.