Shloka 16

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

अपीडयंश्च सामन्तांस्तस्य राष्ट्रोपरोधनैः ।

तथा दुर्गानुपालांश्च चक्रे चाटविकान् वशे ॥

Transliteration

apīḍayaṁś ca sāmantāṁs tasya rāṣṭroparodhanaiḥ | tathā durgānupālāṁś ca cakre cāṭavikān vaśe ||

Translation

దేశాన్ని ముట్టడి చేసి అతడు ఆ రాజుని సామంతులపై తీవ్ర ఒత్తిడి తెచ్చెను; అలాగే కోటల రక్షకులను, అరణ్యజనులను కూడా వశపరచెను.

Word by Word

• अपीडयन्: oppressed/harassed
• अपीडयन्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सामन्तान्: feudatory chiefs
• सामन्तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्य: of him/of that (kingdom)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• राष्ट्रोपरोधनैः: by blockading the kingdom
• राष्ट्रोपरोधनैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र-उपरोधन (प्रातिपदिक; राष्ट्र + उपरोधन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘राष्ट्रस्य उपरोधनैः’ (by blockades/obstructions of the realm)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• दुर्गानुपालान्: fort-guards/commanders
• दुर्गानुपालान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग-अनुपाल (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्ग + अनुपाल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दुर्गस्य अनुपालाः’ (keepers of forts)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चक्रे: made/placed
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आटविकान्: forest-tribesmen/brigands
• आटविकान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आटविक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वशे: under control
• वशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत्: ‘in subjection’

Speakers

• Narrator voice

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Siege warfare
• Control of vassals
• Frontier politics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Political collapse often begins at the periphery: when vassals, forts, and frontier groups shift allegiance, the central king’s stability erodes rapidly.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṁśānucarita with embedded arthaśāstra-like observations (statecraft within royal narrative).

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘blockade of the realm’ can symbolize prāṇa/energy being constricted; when supports (forts/boundaries) fail, the mind-king experiences vulnerability and seeks a higher counsel.