Shloka 33

Devanagari script

जरासंधदह्दे घोरे दुःखपड्के निमज्जताम्‌ | राज्ञां समभ्युद्धरणं यदिदं कृतमद्य वै,'प्रभो! हम सब राजा दुःखरूपी पंकसे युक्त जरासंध-रूपी भयानक कुण्डमें डूब रहे थे, आपने जो आज हमारा यह उद्धार किया है, वह आपके योग्य ही है

Transliteration

jarāsandha-hrade ghore duḥkha-paṅke nimajjatām | rājñāṁ samabhyuddharaṇaṁ yad idaṁ kṛtam adya vai ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“主上！我等诸王沉沦于阇罗桑陀那可怖之湖，陷在苦难之泥中。你今日为我等所成之拯救，实在与你相称。”

Word by Word

जरासन्धदहदेin the lake (daha) of Jarāsandha

घोरेterrible

दुःखपङ्केin the mire of sorrow

निमज्जताम्of (us) sinking

राज्ञाम्of kings

समभ्युद्धरणम्complete rescue / lifting out

यत्which

इदम्this

कृतम्done / accomplished

अद्यtoday

वैindeed / surely

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Jarāsandha

kings (rājānaḥ)

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?

A righteous leader’s duty is to protect and uplift those oppressed by tyranny; rescuing others from suffering is presented as an act befitting true nobility and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes many kings as trapped under Jarāsandha’s oppressive power, likening their plight to drowning in a dreadful lake of misery, and praises the addressee for having rescued them that very day.