Shloka 2

अक्षविजय-प्रसङ्गः

Escalation of Wagers and Shakuni’s Repeated Declarations of Victory

Devanagari script

सो$5भिपत्य तदध्वानमासाद्य नृपते: पुरम्‌ प्रविवेश महाबुद्धि: पूज्यमानो द्विजातिभि:

Transliteration

so 'bhipatya tad-adhvānam āsādya nṛpateḥ puram | praviveśa mahābuddhiḥ pūjyamāno dvijātibhiḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩衍那说道：他迅速走完那段路，抵达国王之城；大智的毗度罗在“再生者”（婆罗门等）的恭敬迎接下，进入了都城。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिपत्य: having gone/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√पत्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• तत्: that
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अध्वानम्: path, journey
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/arrived at
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• नृपतेः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√विश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाबुद्धिः: one of great intellect
• महाबुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूज्यमानः: being honored
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive

• द्विजातिभिः: by the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• the king’s city/capital (Yudhiṣṭhira’s capital)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that wisdom and righteous conduct (as embodied by Vidura) command spontaneous honor from the learned; social reverence is portrayed as properly directed toward ethical intelligence rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura hastens along the road, reaches King Yudhiṣṭhira’s city, and enters the capital while being respectfully welcomed by the dvijas (twice-born), indicating his recognized stature as a wise and honorable counselor.