Shloka 19

Hiḍimbā’s Petition, Conditional Union with Bhīma, and the Birth-Naming of Ghaṭotkaca (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४३)

Devanagari script

ततः कृतस्वस्त्ययना राज्यलम्भाय पार्थिवा: । कृत्वा सर्वाणि कार्याणि प्रययुर्वारणावतम्‌,तब राज्य-लाभके लिये स्वस्तिवाचन करा समस्त आवश्यक कार्य पूर्ण करके राजकुमार पाण्डव वारणावत नगरको गये

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛtasvastyayanā rājyālambhāya pārthivāḥ | kṛtvā sarvāṇi kāryāṇi prayayur vāraṇāvatam ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ครั้นแล้ว เหล่าราชกุมารได้ให้สวดคำสวัสดิมงคลเพื่อความสำเร็จแห่งราชสมบัติ ครั้นจัดการกิจจำเป็นทั้งปวงเสร็จสิ้นแล้ว จึงออกเดินทางไปยังวารณาวตะ

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

कृतस्वस्त्ययनाhaving performed auspicious rites/benedictions

राज्यलम्भायfor the attainment of the kingdom

पार्थिवाःthe princes/kings (the Pāṇḍavas)

कृत्वाhaving done/completed

सर्वाणिall

कार्याणिtasks/necessary duties

प्रययुःthey went/departed

वारणावतम्to Vāraṇāvata (the city)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Vāraṇāvata

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 how worldly political objectives (rājya-lambha, gaining the kingdom) are often pursued under the cover of auspicious rites and formal propriety. It invites reflection on the ethical tension between outward ritual correctness and the inner intentions driving political action in the surrounding narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

After arranging auspicious blessings and completing preparations, the royal princes (the Pāṇḍavas) depart for the city of Vāraṇāvata. In the Adi Parva storyline, this journey leads into the well-known sequence of events connected with the plot against them at Vāraṇāvata.