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Shloka 5536

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

सर्वैरज्जै: समाश्शलिष्य प्रसुप्त इव चाभवत्‌ | प्रियतमा कान्ताकी भाँति इस वसुधाका चिरकालतक उपभोग करनेके पश्चात्‌ राजा शल्य मानो अपने सम्पूर्ण अंगोंस उसका आलिंगन करके सो गये थे

sarvair rajjaiḥ samāśliṣya prasupta iva cābhavat | priyatamā kāntākī bhānti as vasudhākā cirakālataka upabhoga karaneke paścāt rājā śalya mānoṃ apane sampūrṇa aṅgoṃs usakā āliṅgana karake so gaye the

Sañjaya nói: Ôm lấy mặt đất bằng toàn thân, vua Śalya trở nên như kẻ đang ngủ. Như người ôm người vợ yêu dấu sau cuộc hoan hưởng dài lâu, hình ảnh ấy gợi rằng sau khi đã thụ hưởng và nắm giữ vương quyền trên cõi đất này suốt một thời gian dài, nhà vua nay nằm yên, như thể đã ôm trọn thế gian rồi buông vào giấc nghỉ.

सर्वैःwith all
सर्वैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अङ्गैःlimbs, body-parts
अङ्गैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
समाश्लिष्यhaving embraced closely
समाश्लिष्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√श्लिष्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
प्रसुप्तःasleep
प्रसुप्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√स्वप्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अभवत्became, was
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
King Śalya
V
Vasudhā (the Earth)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly power and enjoyment: even after long possession of the earth (sovereignty and its pleasures), the king becomes still, as if asleep—hinting at the inevitable cessation that follows worldly experience.

Sañjaya describes King Śalya’s condition with a poetic simile: Śalya lies motionless, as though asleep, portrayed as having ‘embraced’ the earth fully after long enjoyment—an evocative way to depict his final stillness amid the war’s aftermath.