Shloka 5

Bhīmasena’s Eastern Digvijaya and the Cedi Reception

Sabhā-parva 26

Devanagari script

स तेन सहितो राजन्‌ सव्यसाची परंतप: । विजिग्ये शाकल द्वीपं प्रतिविन्ध्यं च पार्थिवम्‌

Transliteration

sa tena sahito rājan savyasācī parantapaḥ | vijigye śākala-dvīpaṃ prativindhyaṃ ca pārthivam ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ต่อจากนั้น สวยสาจีอรชุนผู้เผาผลาญศัตรูได้ให้เขา (สุมัณฑละ) ร่วมเป็นสหาย แล้วออกไปด้วยกัน พิชิตศากลทวีป และยังปราบพระเจ้าประติวินธยะได้อีก

Word by Word

• सः: he (Arjuna)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: with him/with that (as companion)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सहितः: accompanied, together (with)
• सहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सव्यसाची: Ambidextrous archer (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजिग्ये: conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शाकलद्वीपम्: Śākala-dvīpa (a region/island)
• शाकलद्वीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper place-name)
• Root: शाकलद्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिविन्ध्यम्: Prativindhya (king/person)
• प्रतिविन्ध्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: प्रतिविन्ध्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्थिवम्: the king, the ruler
• पार्थिवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• Prativindhya (king)
• Śākala-dvīpa
• Unnamed ally referred to as 'tena' (with him)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma in its political form: disciplined conquest carried out through alliance, strategy, and personal excellence, emphasizing ordered governance and the fulfillment of royal responsibility rather than reckless violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Arjuna, accompanied by an ally, proceeds on a campaign and achieves victories over the region called Śākala-dvīpa and over a ruler named King Prativindhya.