Shloka 68

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

प्रार्थयेयं त्वया सख्यं पुनरेव जनाधिप । वरं ददामि ते राजन्‌ राज्यस्यार्धमवाप्रुहि

Transliteration

prārthayeyam tvayā sakhyaṃ punar eva janādhipa | varaṃ dadāmi te rājan rājyasyārdham avāpruhi ||

Translation

“O panginoon ng mga tao, muli akong humihiling ng pagkakaibigan sa iyo. O hari, ipinagkakaloob ko sa iyo ang isang biyaya—tanggapin mo mula sa akin ang kalahati ng kahariang ito.”

Word by Word

• प्रार्थयेयम्: I would request / I beg
• प्रार्थयेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थय् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, instrumental, singular

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, dative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अवाप्रुहि: obtain / take (for yourself)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (आप्नोति)
• Form: Lot (imperative), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• janādhipa (lord of men)
• rājan (king)
• rājya (kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic approach to conflict: restoring friendship through humility and a concrete act of fairness. Offering half the kingdom frames political power as negotiable in service of peace and right relationship.

What is happening in the narrative?

A king addresses another ruler, renewing a request for friendship and formalizing it with a generous proposal: he offers a boon and invites the other to take half of the kingdom, signaling an attempt at settlement and alliance rather than hostility.