Shloka 69

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

तिमिड्लिलं च स नृपं वशे कृत्वा महामति: । एकपादांश्व पुरुषान्‌ केरलान्‌ वनवासिन:

Transliteration

timiṅgilaṃ ca sa nṛpaṃ vaśe kṛtvā mahāmatiḥ | ekapādāṃś ca puruṣān keralān vanavāsinaḥ | samūce kolagiriṃ surabhīpaṭṭanaṃ tāgradvīpaṃ rāmakaparvataṃ tathā | sañjayantīṃ ca nagarīṃ pākhaṇḍaṃ ca karahāṭakaṃ ca dūtair eva sandiśya vaśam ānīya tebhyaś ca karaṃ jagrāha |

Translation

مہامتی (سہ دیو) نے ‘تِمِنگِل’ نامی بادشاہ کو تابع کرکے، یک پاؤں والے آدمیوں، کیرَلوں اور جنگل نشینوں کو بھی زیرِ نگیں کر لیا۔

Word by Word

• तिमिङ्गिलम्: Timingila (a king/region/person named Timingila)
• तिमिङ्गिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिमिङ्गिल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपम्: king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वशे: in (his) control, under sway
• वशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made, having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• महामतिः: the very wise (one)
• महामतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकपादान्: one-footed
• एकपादान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुरुषान्: men, people
• पुरुषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• केरलान्: the Keralas (people of Kerala)
• केरलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केरल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वनवासिनः: forest-dwellers
• वनवासिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

सहदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Timiṅgila (king)
• Ekapāda people (one-footed men)
• Kerala
• Vanavāsins (forest-dwellers)
• Kolagiri
• Surabhīpaṭṭana
• Tāgradvīpa
• Rāmakaparvata
• Sañjayantī (city)
• Pākhaṇḍa (country/region)
• Karahāṭaka (country/region)
• Dūtas (envoys/messengers)
• Kara (tribute/tax)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights rajadharma in practice: a capable ruler extends authority through prudent diplomacy (envoys and messages) and establishes orderly revenue (tribute), implying that political control is ideally regularized and minimally violent.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Sahadeva’s campaign connected with Yudhiṣṭhira’s imperial project, he subdues a king named Timiṅgila and brings multiple peoples and regions under control largely through envoys, then collects tribute from them.