Shloka 26

Devanagari script

विसृज्य च नृपान्‌ सर्वान्‌ भ्रातृभि: परिवारित:,इस प्रकार सब राजाओंको विदा देकर भाइयोंसे घिरे हुए दुर्योधनने कर्ण और शकुनिके साथ हस्तिनापुरमें प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

visṛjya ca nṛpān sarvān bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

ครั้นส่งบรรดากษัตริย์ทั้งปวงกลับแล้ว ทุรโยธนะซึ่งมีพี่น้องรายล้อม ก็เข้าสู่หัสดินาปุระพร้อมกับกรรณะและศกุนี

Word by Word

• विसृज्य: having dismissed/let go
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√सृज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

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

• नृपान्: kings
• नृपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: by/with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवारितः: surrounded/attended
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√वृ (परिवारयति)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Karṇa
• Śakuni
• Hastināpura
• kings (nṛpāḥ)
• brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how political power often consolidates through controlled departures and carefully chosen company; ethically, it invites reflection on whether such maneuvering serves dharma or merely ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

After sending off the assembled kings, Duryodhana departs with his brothers and, accompanied by Karṇa and Śakuni, enters Hastināpura—signaling a return to the Kaurava center of power with key allies at his side.