Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्वं चापि कुशली राजन माद्रीपुत्रौो च पाण्डवौ | मुक्ता वीरक्षयादस्मात्‌ संग्रामान्निहतद्विष:,“कुन्तीनन्दन! सौभाग्यसे आपकी विजय हुई और सारे शत्रु परास्त हो गये। राजन! गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुन, पाण्डुकुमार भीमसेन, आप और माद्रीपुत्र पाण्डुनन्दन नकुल-सहदेव --ये सब-के-सब सकुशल हैं तथा जहाँ वीरोंका विनाश हुआ और तुम्हारे सारे शत्रु कालके गालमें चले गये, उस घोर संग्रामसे तुमलोग जीवित बच गये, यह बड़े सौभाग्यकी बात है

Transliteration

tvaṃ cāpi kuśalī rājan mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | muktā vīrakṣayād asmāt saṃgrāmān nihata-dviṣaḥ ||

Translation

伐由说道：“大王啊，你亦安然无恙；摩德丽所生的两位般度之子也同样平安。你们既已诛灭仇敌，便都得以生还，脱离这可怖的战场——英雄覆灭之地。此实为大幸。”

Word by Word

त्वम्you

चand

अपिalso

कुशलीsafe, well

राजन्O king

माद्रीपुत्रौthe two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

पाण्डवौthe two Pandavas

मुक्ताःfreed, escaped

वीरक्षयात्from the destruction of heroes

अस्मात्from this

संग्रामात्from the battle

निहतद्विषःwhose enemies are slain

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

King (rājan)

Mādrī

Nakula

Sahadeva

Pāṇḍavas

enemies/foes (dviṣ)

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?

The verse underscores the fragility of life in war and frames survival and victory as a matter of fortune and divine favor, reminding the listener to recognize the cost of battle—where even heroes perish—and to value being spared.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses the king, reporting that he and the Mādrī-born Pāṇḍavas (Nakula and Sahadeva) are unharmed, and that they have escaped alive from a terrible battle after defeating their enemies.