Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

ततः कोशं समादाय वाहनानि च भूरिश: । पाण्डुना मिथिलां गत्वा विदेहा: समरे जिता:,उसके बाद भारी खजाना और वाहन आदि लेकर पाण्डुने मिथिलापर चढ़ाई की और विदेहवंशी क्षत्रियोंको युद्धमें परास्त किया

Transliteration

tataḥ kośaṃ samādāya vāhanāni ca bhūriśaḥ | pāṇḍunā mithilāṃ gatvā videhāḥ samare jitāḥ ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, kinuha ni Pāṇḍu ang malaking kayamanan at maraming sasakyan, at nagmartsa patungong Mithilā; at sa digmaan ay napasuko niya ang mga mandirigmang Videha.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

कोशम्treasury/hoard

समादायhaving taken/collected

वाहनानिvehicles/conveyances

चand

भूरिशःin abundance, greatly

पाण्डुनाby Pandu

मिथिलाम्Mithila (city/kingdom)

गत्वाhaving gone

विदेहाःthe Videhas (people of Videha)

समरेin battle

जिताःconquered/defeated

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pāṇḍu

Mithilā

Videha (Videhāḥ)

kośa (treasury)

vāhana (conveyances/vehicles)

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 reflects the epic’s view of kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a ruler expands authority through sanctioned warfare, gaining wealth and strategic assets (treasury and conveyances). It implicitly raises the ethical frame of kingship—power, victory, and acquisition are portrayed as instruments of statecraft within the warrior code.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Pāṇḍu, after securing substantial wealth and many vehicles, advances to Mithilā and defeats the Videha warriors in battle, marking another step in his campaign of conquest.