Shloka 25

Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

सुह्यानामधिपं चैव ये च सागरवासिन: । सर्वान्‌ म्लेच्छगणांश्वैव विजिग्ये भरतर्षभ:,तदनन्तर भरतश्रेष्ठ भीमसेनने समुद्रसेन, भूपाल चन्द्रसेन, राजा ताम्रलिप्त, कर्वटाधिपति तथा सुह्यनरेशको जीतकर समुद्रके तटपर निवास करनेवाले समस्त म्लेच्छोंको भी अपने अधीन कर लिया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

śuhyānām adhipaṃ caiva ye ca sāgaravāsinaḥ |

sarvān mlecchagaṇāṃś caiva vijigye bharatarṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：于是毗摩——婆罗多族之雄牛——降服了舒诃耶之主，也降服了居于海滨之众；确然，他使沿大海之岸而居的一切弥勒叉部众尽归其统辖。此段将毗摩的征伐置于帝业整合的延伸之中：为其一方更宏大的王者目标，在边地与海岸建立政治秩序。

Word by Word

• सुह्यानाम्: of the Suhyas
• सुह्यानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुह्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अधिपम्: the overlord/king
• अधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सागरवासिनः: sea-dwellers (those living by/in the ocean)
• सागरवासिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागरवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• म्लेच्छगणान्: groups/hosts of Mlecchas
• म्लेच्छगणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छगण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विजिग्ये: conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभः: the bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• भरतर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena (implied by context/epithet)
• Śuhyas
• Sāgara (the ocean)
• Mleccha groups