Shloka 2

Traigarta Attempt to Seize the Aśvamedha Horse; Arjuna’s Restraint and Tactical Victory

Devanagari script

कृत्वा स पशुबन्धांश्व दीक्षित: पाण्डुनन्दन: । धर्मराजो महातेजा: सहर्व्विम्भिव्यरोचत,पशुबन्ध-कर्म करके यज्ञकी दीक्षा लिये हुए महातेजस्वी पाण्डुनन्दन धर्मराज युधिष्छिर ऋत्विजोंके साथ बड़ी शोभा पाने लगे

Transliteration

kṛtvā sa paśubandhān aśvān dīkṣitaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | dharmarājo mahātejāḥ sahartvijbhir vyarocat ||

Translation

قربانی کے جانور باندھنے کے مقررہ اعمال پورے کر کے اور یَجْیَ کی دِیکشا اختیار کر کے پاندو کا فرزند، عظیم جلال والا دھرم راج یُدھِشٹھِر، رِتوِجوں کے ساتھ نہایت درخشاں نظر آیا۔

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पशुबन्धान्: animal-ties/animal-bindings (ritual bindings)
• पशुबन्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दीक्षितः: initiated (having taken consecration)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षित (प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष्/दीक्ष् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मराजः: king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: indeclinable (with)

• ऋत्विग्भिः: with the priests (ṛtviks)
• ऋत्विग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• व्यरोचत: shone, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु) + वि
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja, Pāṇḍunandana)
• ṛtvij (officiating priests)
• aśva (horse)
• paśu (sacrificial animal)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed through disciplined, rule-bound action: the king’s consecration (dīkṣā) and performance of prescribed rites symbolize ethical self-restraint and the re-establishment of righteous order through legitimate Vedic procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira has undertaken the consecration for the Aśvamedha and completed the ritual step of arranging/binding the sacrificial animals; surrounded by the officiating priests, he appears radiant, marking the formal commencement and public visibility of the sacrifice.