Shloka 32

Devanagari script

पित्रयमंशं महाबाहो निमग्नं पुनरुद्धर । साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेनाथ नयेन वा,महाबाहो! तुम्हारा पैतृक राज्य-भाग शत्रुओंके हाथमें पड़कर लुप्त हो गया है। तुम साम, दान, भेद अथवा दण्डनीतिसे पुनः उसका उद्धार करो

Transliteration

pitṛyam aṁśaṁ mahābāho nimagnaṁ punar uddhara | sāmnā bhedena dānena daṇḍenātha nayena vā ||

Translation

وایو نے کہا—اے قوی بازو! تمہارا آبائی حصہ دشمنوں کے ہاتھ لگ کر ڈوب گیا ہے۔ اسے پھر سے حاصل کرو—سام (مصالحت)، بھید (تفریق)، دان (عطیہ)، دَند (سزا) یا کسی بھی حکیمانہ تدبیر کے ذریعے۔

Word by Word

पित्र्यम्paternal, ancestral

अंशम्share, portion

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

निमग्नम्sunk, submerged, lost

पुनःagain

उद्धरlift up, recover, rescue

साम्नाby conciliation

भेदेनby division/dissension (policy of splitting)

दानेनby gift, by bribery

दण्डेनby punishment/force

अथor else, then

नयेनby policy/strategy

वाor

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Mahābāhu (addressee, a heroic figure)

ancestral share/kingdom portion (pitṛya aṁśa)

enemies (implicit: śatru)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches rājadharma: a rightful claim (ancestral share) should be restored through appropriate, graduated means of policy—conciliation, incentives, strategic division, or force—guided by prudence (naya) rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses a heroic recipient, urging him to reclaim his lost paternal portion of sovereignty that has been taken over by enemies, recommending the classic four upāyas (sāma, dāna, bheda, daṇḍa) and broader nīti as methods.