Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यशसा तेजसा चैव वृत्तेन च समन्वित: । “यह श्रेष्ठ पुरुष धर्मात्माओंमें अग्रगण्य होगा और इस पृथ्वीपर पराक्रमी एवं सत्यवादी राजा होगा। पाण्डुका यह प्रथम पुत्र 'युधिष्ठिर' नामसे विख्यात हो तीनों लोकोंमें प्रसिद्धि एवं ख्याति प्राप्त करेगा; यह यशस्वी, तेजस्वी तथा सदाचारी होगा”

Transliteration

yaśasā tejasā caiva vṛttena ca samanvitaḥ |

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «سيكون موفورَ الصيت والبهاء، متميّزًا باستقامة السيرة، فيغدو أسبقَ الأبرار. وعلى هذه الأرض سيصير ملكًا شديدَ البأس، صادقَ القول. وبصفته بكرَ پاندو، المشهورَ باسم يودهيشثيرا، سينال ذِكرًا واسعًا في العوالم الثلاثة—مُمجَّدًا لمجده، ولشعاعه، ولثبات خُلُقه.»

Word by Word

यशसाby/with fame

तेजसाby/with splendor, valor

चand

एवindeed, just

वृत्तेनby/with conduct, character

चand

समन्वितःendowed with, possessed of

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍu

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Triloka (three worlds)

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 presents the ideal of righteous kingship: true sovereignty is grounded in dharma and truthfulness, supported by personal radiance (tejas) and exemplary conduct (vṛtta). Fame is portrayed as the natural outcome of virtue rather than its goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes (as a prediction/commendation) the qualities and future renown of Pāṇḍu’s first son, Yudhiṣṭhira—foretelling him as a powerful, truth-speaking ruler celebrated across the three worlds for his moral character.