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Mahabharata · 7.82.28–29
॥
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Devanāgarī
तं तु हत्वा महाबाहुः सहदेवो व्यरोचत ॥
यथा दाशरथी रामः खरं हत्वा महाबलम् ॥
हाहाकारो महान् आसीत् त्रिगर्तानां जनेश्वर ॥
राजपुत्रं हतं दृष्ट्वा निरमित्रं महाबलम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taṃ tu hatvā mahābāhuḥ sahadevo vyarocata ||
yathā dāśarathī rāmaḥ kharaṃ hatvā mahābalam ||
hāhākāro mahān āsīt trigartānāṃ janeśvara ||
rājaputraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā niramitraṃ mahābalam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तम् तु हत्वा महाबाहुःtam tu hatvā mahābāhuḥhaving slain him, the mighty-armed; having struck him down, the mighty-armed
सहदेवः व्यरोचतsahadevaḥ vyarocataSahadeva shone forth; Sahadeva shone forth
यथा दाशरथिः रामःyathā dāśarathiḥ rāmaḥas the son of Dasharatha, Rama; like the son of Dasharatha, Rama
खरम् हत्वा महाबलम्kharam hatvā mahābalamhaving slain Khara, of great might; having slain the mighty Khara
हाहाकारः महान् आसीत्hāhākāraḥ mahān āsīta great cry of woe arose; a great wail arose
त्रिगर्तानाम् जनेश्वरtrigartānām janeśvaraamong the Trigartas, O lord of the people; among the Trigartas, O ruler of the people
राजपुत्रम् हतम् दृष्ट्वाrājaputram hatam dṛṣṭvāseeing the prince slain; seeing the prince struck down
निरमित्रम् महाबलम्niramitram mahābalamNiramitra, of great might; Niramitra, the mighty one
Translation
Having slain him, the mighty-armed Sahadeva shone forth like Rama, son of Dasharatha, after slaying the mighty Khara. A great cry of woe arose among the Trigartas, O lord of the people, when they saw the prince Niramitra, mighty as he was, struck down.
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Sahadeva is likened to Rama, who slew the rakshasa Khara: the victory of the righteous over an evil power echoes the Lord's eternal deed in the form of Rama. It is telling that the epic again measures the battle against the standard of the Ramayana, seeing in every triumph over untruth a reflection of divine action. The verse teaches that every victory of dharma over adharma partakes of one source -- the deed of the Lord descending to deliver the world from evil; and the valor of the righteous shines with the same light that once shone forth in Rama.