Shloka 33

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

ततो जलविहारार्थ कारयामास भारत | चैलकम्बलवेश्मानि विचित्राणि महान्ति च,उदकक्रीडनं नाम कारयामास भारत | प्रमाणकोट्यां तं देशं स्थलं किंचिदुपेत्य ह भारत! गंगातटवर्ती प्रमाणकोटि तीर्थमें किसी स्थानपर जाकर दुर्योधनने यह सारा आयोजन करवाया था। उसने उस स्थानका नाम रखा था उदकक्रीडन

Transliteration

tato jalavihārārthaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata | cailakambalaveśmāni vicitrāṇi mahānti ca | udakakrīḍanaṃ nāma kārayāmāsa bhārata | pramāṇakoṭyāṃ taṃ deśaṃ sthalaṃ kiñcid upetya ha ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Pagkaraan nito, O inapo ni Bharata, ipinagawa niya ang mga paghahanda para sa paglilibang sa tubig—malalaki at mararangyang mga pabilyon na yari sa tela at kumot, kahanga-hanga ang mga anyo. Nang marating ang isang pook sa lupain na tinatawag na Pramāṇakoṭi, O Bhārata, ipinagawa niya roon ang isang liwasang pampalipas-oras at pinangalanan itong “Udakakrīḍana” (“Paglalaro sa Tubig”).

Word by Word

ततःthen/from there

जलविहारार्थम्for the purpose of water-sport

कारयामासcaused to be made/arranged

भारतO Bharata

चैलकम्बलवेश्मानिhouses/tents of cloth and blankets

विचित्राणिvariegated/ornate

महान्तिgreat/large

चand

उदकक्रीडनम्a (place/arrangement called) 'water-play'

नामby name/called

कारयामासcaused to be made/arranged

भारतO Bharata

प्रमाणकोट्याम्at/in Pramāṇakoṭī

तम्that

देशम्place/region

स्थलम्ground/spot

किञ्चित्some/a certain

उपेत्यhaving approached

हindeed/for emphasis

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)

Pramāṇakoṭi

Udakakrīḍana

cailakambalaveśmāni (cloth-and-blanket pavilions)

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 how prosperity and authority can be invested in spectacle and pleasure; in the Mahābhārata’s moral universe, such indulgent display often becomes the backdrop where envy, pride, and rivalry intensify, testing dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A grand water-sport venue is commissioned: ornate, large pavilions are set up, and after reaching a spot in Pramāṇakoṭi, the place is developed and named ‘Udakakrīḍana’ (“Water-play”).