Shloka 1

Devanagari script

[दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल २४ “लोक हैं।] ऑपनआक्रात बछ। अ---छकऋज> सप्तदशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: दिवोदासका ययातिकन्या माधवीके गर्भसे प्रतर्दन नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न करना गालव उवाच महावीरयों महीपाल: काशीनामीश्वर: प्रभु: । दिवोदास इति ख्यातो भैमसेनिर्नराधिप:,मार्गमें गालवने राजकन्या माधवीसे कहा--भद्रे! काशीके अधिपति भीमसेनकुमार शक्तिशाली राजा दिवोदास महापराक्रमी एवं विख्यात भूमिपाल हैं। उन्हींके पास हम दोनों चलें। तुम धीरे-धीरे चली आओ। मनमें किसी प्रकारका शोक न करो। राजा दिवोदास धर्मात्मा, संयमी तथा सत्य-परायण हैं

Transliteration

gālava uvāca | mahāvīryo mahīpālaḥ kāśīnām īśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | divodāsa iti khyāto bhaimasenir narādhipaḥ ||

Translation

伽罗婆说道：“有一位强盛而闻名的护国之王，迦尸（Kāśī）之主——名曰提婆陀娑（Divodāsa），为人中王者，毗摩塞那（Bhīmasena）之子；以大勇武而著称。”（就语境而言，伽罗婆引导摩达维前往提婆陀娑王处，视其为守法（dharma）、自持而笃信真实的贤王。）

Word by Word

गालवःGālava

उवाचsaid

महावीर्यःof great valor

महीपालःearth-protector, king

काशीनाम्of the Kāśīs (people/realm of Kāśī)

ईश्वरःlord, ruler

प्रभुःmaster, sovereign

दिवोदासःDivodāsa

इतिthus

ख्यातःknown, famed

भीमसेनिःson/descendant of Bhīmasena

नराधिपःlord of men, king

Speaker

गालव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gālava

Kāśī

Divodāsa

Bhīmasena

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical ideal of kingship: a ruler famed for valor and authority should also be approached as a dharmic refuge—implying that power is most trustworthy when joined to righteousness, restraint, and truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gālava identifies Divodāsa, the sovereign of Kāśī, as a renowned and powerful king. In the surrounding episode (Gālava–Mādhavī narrative), this functions as guidance about where they should go next and whom they can rely upon.