Shloka 7

उपहार-विधानम्, यक्षपूजा, रत्ननिध्युद्धारः

Offerings to Tryambaka; Yakṣa honors; Excavation of the Treasure

Devanagari script

चक्रे निवेशनं राजा पाण्डव: सह सैनिकै: । शिवे देशे समे चैव तदा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

acakre niveśanaṁ rājā pāṇḍavaḥ saha sainikaiḥ |

śive deśe same caiva tadā bharatasattama ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：于是，那位般度之子之王与军队一道，在吉祥之地、平坦之处安营扎寨，噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者。

Word by Word

• चक्रे: made, established
• चक्रे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद-आत्मनेपद), परिपूर्ण-भूत (perfect), 3, singular, आत्मनेपद

• निवेशनम्: camp, encampment, lodging
• निवेशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• सैनिकैः: with soldiers
• सैनिकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• शिवे: auspicious, pleasant
• शिवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• देशे: in a region/place
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• समे: level, even
• समे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira implied)
• army/soldiers (sainikāḥ)
• an auspicious place/region (śiva deśa)
• Bharatasattama (addressee, typically Janamejaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even practical acts like choosing a campsite are framed by dharma: the king seeks what is auspicious, stable, and orderly, reflecting responsibility for the army’s welfare and readiness for righteous action (including rites and governance).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the Pāṇḍava king (Yudhiṣṭhira) halts with his forces and establishes an encampment on level, auspicious ground, setting the stage for subsequent formal actions and ritual proceedings in the Ashvamedhika context.