Shloka 28

Raivataka-giri Mahotsava and the Counsel on Subhadrā’s Marriage (रैवतके महोत्सवः — सुभद्राविवाहोपायविचारः)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता महात्मानो नारदेन महर्षिणा । समयं चक्रिरे राज॑स्ते5न्योन्यवशमागता: । समक्ष तस्य देवर्षेनारदस्थामितौजस:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! देवर्षि नारदके ऐसा कहनेपर एक-दूसरेके अधीन रहनेवाले उन अमिततेजस्वी महात्मा पाण्डवोंने देवर्षिके सामने ही यह नियम बनाया--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktā mahātmāno nāradena maharṣiṇā | samayaṁ cakrire rājas te ’nyonyavaśam āgatāḥ | samakṣaṁ tasya devarṣer nāradasyāmitaujasaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：“噢，国王（阇那美阇耶），当大圣那罗陀如此开示之后，那些高魂的般度五子——彼此以克制与谦让相约束——就在光辉无量的天仙那罗陀面前，立下了盟约。”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्ताःhaving been addressed / spoken to

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

नारदेनby Narada

महर्षिणाby the great sage

समयम्an agreement / rule

चand

चक्रिरेthey made

राजन्O king

तेthey

अन्योन्य-वशम्mutual subjection / under one another's control

आगताःhaving come; having become

समक्षम्in the presence (of)

तस्यof him

देवर्षेःof the divine seer

नारदस्यof Narada

अमित-ओजसःof immeasurable vigor

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Nārada

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise counsel should culminate in concrete ethical commitments. The Pāṇḍavas respond to Nārada’s instruction by establishing a formal rule (samaya), emphasizing restraint, mutual respect, and dharma as safeguards against discord.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Nārada addresses the Pāṇḍavas, they collectively create an agreement in his presence. The verse functions as a transition: it records the brothers’ acceptance of guidance and their decision to bind themselves to a mutually observed regulation.