Chapter 1 · Prathamo’dhyāyaḥ (First Chapter)
Verse 7
ततः स्वपुरमायातो निजदेशाधिपोऽभवत्। आक्रान्तः स महाभागस्तैस्तदा प्रबलारिभिः ॥ ७ ॥
tataḥ svapuramāyātō nijadēśādhipō’bhavat | ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgastaistadā prabalāribhiḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Then, he returned to his own city and became the lord of his own country again. But then, O illustrious one, he was invaded by those powerful enemies.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- svapuram
- to his own city
- āyātaḥ
- he came
- nijadēśādhipaḥ
- the lord of his own country
- abhavat
- he became
- ākrāntaḥ
- attacked
- saḥ
- he
- mahābhāgaḥ
- the illustrious one
- taiḥ
- by them
- tadā
- then
- prabalāribhiḥ
- by the powerful enemies
Meaning
King Suratha's troubles compound. He manages to return to his capital, but his respite is short-lived. His powerful enemies pursue him and lay siege to his very own capital city, pushing him from a national defeat into a personal crisis.