Shloka 50

Gaṅgādvāra-tīrtha, Ulūpī-saṃvāda, and Arjuna’s Dharma-Deliberation (गङ्गाद्वार-तीर्थम्, उलूपी-संवादः)

Devanagari script

तत्र भीष्मेण राज्ञा च धर्मप्रणयने कृते । पाण्डवा: समपद्यन्त खाण्डवप्रस्थवासिन:,भीष्म तथा राजा धुृतराष्ट्रके द्वारा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको आधा राज्य देकर वहाँसे विदा कर देनेपर समस्त पाण्डव खाण्डवप्रस्थके निवासी हो गये

Transliteration

tatra bhīṣmeṇa rājñā ca dharma-praṇayane kṛte | pāṇḍavāḥ samapadyanta khāṇḍava-prastha-vāsinaḥ ||

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ครั้นภีษมะและพระราชาทรงวางข้อยุติตามธรรมแล้ว เหล่าปาณฑพก็ไปพำนัก ณ ขาณฑวปรัสถ์

Word by Word

तत्रthere, in that context

भीष्मेणby Bhishma

राज्ञाby the king

चand

धर्म-प्रणयनेin the establishment/arrangement of dharma (law/settlement)

कृतेwhen (it was) done; after being done

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

समपद्यन्तthey came to be; they became; they settled

खाण्डवप्रस्थ-वासिनःresidents of Khandavaprastha

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājñā' in context)

Pāṇḍavas

Khāṇḍavaprastha

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 dharma as the guiding principle for resolving dynastic disputes: a just political arrangement—rather than force—can preserve social order and reduce internecine conflict, even if it involves partition and relocation.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīṣma and the Kuru king formalize a dharma-based settlement (understood in context as granting the Pāṇḍavas a share of the kingdom), the Pāṇḍavas depart and become residents of Khāṇḍavaprastha, establishing their new seat there.