Shloka 25

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 113 — Maryādā-sthāpana (Śvetaketu’s Boundary) and the Niyoga Deliberation of Pāṇḍu and Kuntī

Devanagari script

पूर्वमागस्कृतो गत्वा दशार्णा: समरे जिता: । पाण्डुना नरसिंहेन कौरवाणां यशोभूता,कौरवकुलके सुयशको बढ़ानेवाले, मनुष्योंमें सिंहके समान पराक्रमी राजा पाण्डुने सबसे पहले पूर्वके अपराधी दशार्णोंपर- धावा करके उन्हें युद्धमें परास्त किया

Transliteration

pūrvam āgaskṛto gatvā daśārṇāḥ samare jitāḥ | pāṇḍunā narasiṃhena kauravāṇāṃ yaśobhūtāḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Noong una, ang mga Daśārṇa—na nagkasala—ay nilapitan at tinalo sa digmaan ni Pāṇḍu, ang leon sa mga tao. Ang tagumpay na iyon ay naging pinagmulan ng dangal at katanyagan ng angkan ng Kuru.

Word by Word

पूर्वम्formerly/first

आगस्कृतःhaving committed an offence; guilty

गत्वाhaving gone

दशार्णाःthe Dasharnas (people of Dasharna)

समरेin battle

जिताःconquered/defeated

पाण्डुनाby Pandu

नरसिंहेनby the man-lion (lion among men)

कौरवाणाम्of the Kauravas

यशोभूताःbecome (their) glory; glorious

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍu

Daśārṇa (Daśārṇas)

Kauravas / Kuru lineage

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a royal ethic where wrongdoing invites decisive response, and where a king’s valor in restoring order becomes ‘yaśas’ (renown) for his lineage. It frames martial success not merely as conquest but as the public establishment of authority and reputation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recounts an earlier campaign: King Pāṇḍu, praised as a ‘lion among men,’ advances against the Daśārṇas—described as offenders—and defeats them in battle, thereby increasing the fame of the Kuru/Kaurava line.