Shloka 1

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

नस्ममा न (0) आसजअन+- - इसीको आजकल रोहतक (पंजाब) कहते हैं। (राजसूयपर्व) त्रयस्त्रिंशो 5 ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरके शासनकी विशेषता

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evaṃ nirjitya pṛthivīṃ bhrātaraḥ kurunandana | vartamānāḥ svadharmeṇa śaśāsuḥ pṛthivīm imām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi niềm vui của dòng Kuru! Như thế, sau khi chinh phục cõi đất, các anh em ấy—hành xử đúng theo dharma của mình—đã bắt đầu cai trị chính thế gian này.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• निर्जित्य: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (sense)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वर्तमानाः: acting/behaving (being engaged)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• स्वधर्मेण: by their own duty
• स्वधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• शशासुः: ruled
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शास्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by address 'Kurunandana')
• Pāṇḍava brothers (collectively)
• Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is grounded in svadharma: power gained (even by conquest) must be exercised through righteous conduct, restraint, and duty-based governance rather than personal whim.

What is happening in the narrative?

After establishing supremacy over the realm, the Pāṇḍava brothers begin ruling the earth; the narrator Vaiśampāyana frames their reign as one conducted according to dharma, setting the stage for the Rajasuya-related developments in this section.