Shloka 42

Devanagari script

स नित्यमाश्रमं गत्वा द्रोणेन सह पार्थिव: । चिक्रीडाध्ययनं चैव चकार क्षत्रियर्षभ:,वह राजकुमार क्षत्रियोंमें श्रेष्ठ था। वह प्रतिदिन भरद्वाज मुनिके आश्रममें जाकर द्रोणके साथ खेलता और अध्ययन करता था

Transliteration

sa nityam āśramaṁ gatvā droṇena saha pārthivaḥ | cikrīḍādhyayanaṁ caiva cakāra kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: كان ذلك الأميرُ، وهو من أبرَزِ الكشَتْرِيَة، يذهبُ على الدوام إلى الأشرم، ومع دْرُونا يقضي أيامَه بين اللعبِ والدراسةِ المنضبطة—مُظهرًا التربيةَ المتوازنةَ التي تُنتظر ممن يُعَدّ للملك.

Word by Word

सःhe

नित्यम्always, daily

आश्रमम्to the hermitage

गत्वाhaving gone

द्रोणेनwith Droṇa

सहtogether with

पार्थिवःthe king/prince

चिक्रीडplayed

अध्ययनम्study

चand

एवindeed, also

चकारdid, performed

क्षत्रियर्षभःbull among Kṣatriyas; best of warriors

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇa

Āśrama (hermitage)

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?

A kṣatriya’s formation is not only martial or intellectual but balanced: regularity (nityam), disciplined learning (adhyayana), and appropriate recreation (krīḍā) under a teacher’s guidance cultivate steadiness, humility, and readiness for righteous rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the prince habitually goes to the hermitage and stays with Droṇa, where he both plays and studies—depicting his daily routine of training under Droṇa.