Shloka 3

Aśvamedha-saṃbhāra: Return of the Horse, Auspicious Timing, and Construction of the Yajña Enclosure

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: स तथा चक्रे नरेन्द्रेण यशस्विना । भीमसेनो महातेजा यमाभ्यां सह पाण्डव:,यशस्वी महाराजके इस प्रकार आदेश देनेपर महातेजस्वी पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनने नकुल और सहदेवको साथ लेकर सब राजाओंका युधिष्ठिरके आज्ञानुसार यथोचित सत्कार किया

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tathā cakre narendreṇa yaśasvinā | bhīmaseno mahātejā yamābhyāṃ saha pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“受那位声名显赫的国王如此吩咐后，光威赫奕的般度子毗摩塞那便依命而行。与双生兄弟那俱罗、娑诃提婆同行，他遵由提施提罗之令，向聚集的诸王致以相称的礼敬，维持正法王道应有的礼仪。”

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been told/ordered

सःhe

तथाso, in that manner

चक्रेdid, carried out

नरेन्द्रेणby the king (lord of men)

यशस्विनाby the glorious/famed (one)

भीमसेनःBhīmasena

महातेजाःof great splendor/energy

यमाभ्याम्with the two Yamas (Nakula and Sahadeva)

सहtogether with

पाण्डवःthe son of Pāṇḍu (Pāṇḍava)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Nakula

Sahadeva

kings (rājānaḥ)

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?

Righteous governance expresses itself through proper conduct: carrying out a just ruler’s instructions and honoring guests and allied kings according to established dharma and etiquette.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving Yudhiṣṭhira’s order, Bhīma, accompanied by Nakula and Sahadeva, proceeds to welcome and appropriately honor the gathered kings, following the king’s directive.