महाभारत · 2.22.49–50
॥
देवनागरी
यथावयः समागम्य राजभिस् तैश् च पाण्डवः ॥
सत्कृत्य पूजयित्वा च विससर्ज नराधिपान् ॥
युधिष्ठिराभ्यनुज्ञातास् ते नृपा हृष्टमानसाः ॥
जग्मुः स्वदेशांस् त्वरिता यानैर् उच्चावचैस् ततः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yathāvayaḥ samāgamya rājabhis taiś ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||
satkṛtya pūjayitvā ca visasarja narādhipān ||
yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātās te nṛpā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ ||
jagmuḥ svadeśāṃs tvaritā yānair uccāvacais tataḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यथा-वयः समागम्यyathā-vayaḥ samāgamyaaccording to seniority, having met
राजभिस् तैश् च पाण्डवःrājabhis taiś ca pāṇḍavaḥwith those kings, the Pandava,
सत्कृत्य पूजयित्वा चsatkṛtya pūjayitvā cahaving honored and given gifts,
विससर्ज नराधिपान्visasarja narādhipāndismissed the lords of men;
युधिष्ठिर-अभ्यनुज्ञातास्yudhiṣṭhira-abhyanujñātāsdismissed by Yudhishthira,
ते नृपा हृष्ट-मानसाःte nṛpā hṛṣṭa-mānasāḥthose kings, with joyful hearts,
जग्मुः स्व-देशांस् त्वरिताjagmuḥ sva-deśāṃs tvaritādeparted to their own lands in haste
यानैर् उच्चावचैस् ततःyānair uccāvacais tataḥon vehicles of every kind.
यथावयःyathāvayaḥoriginal form "yathāvayaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिराभ्यनुज्ञातास्yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātāsoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हृष्टमानसाःhṛṣṭamānasāḥoriginal form "hṛṣṭamānasāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वदेशांस्svadeśāṃsoriginal form "svadeśāṃs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Having met with those kings according to seniority, the Pandava [Yudhishthira], having honored and given them gifts, dismissed the lords of men. Dismissed by Yudhishthira, those kings, with joyful hearts, departed swiftly to their own lands on vehicles of every kind.
संस्करण
9cc73b340127 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:28:50 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The freed kings are not detained nor turned into tributaries by force -- they are "honored and given gifts" and sent home. It is telling that the fruit of victory is not subjugation but release: the rescued depart as kings, not as captives. Thus the difference between righteous rule and tyranny shows itself: Jarasandha hoarded kings in bonds, Yudhishthira restores them to their thrones. The verse teaches that true sovereignty does not enslave but liberates, binding others to itself not with chains but with gratitude.