Shloka 15

Devanagari script

त्वं च सूतकुले जातो विनीत:ः सूतकर्मणि । धर्मज्ञश्षासि वृष्णीनामाहवेष्वपि दारुके,“दारुककुमार! तू सूतकुलमें उत्पन्न होनेके साथ ही सूतकर्मकी अच्छी तरह शिक्षा पा चुका है। वृष्णिवंशी वीरोंका युद्धमें क्या धर्म है, यह भी भली-भाँति जानता है

Transliteration

tvaṃ ca sūtakule jāto vinītaḥ sūtakarmaṇi | dharmajñaś cāsi vṛṣṇīnām āhaveṣv api dāruke ||

Translation

قال فايُو: «وأنت أيضًا وُلدت في سلالة السُّوتا (سائقي المركبات) وقد أُحسِن تدريبك على واجبات السُّوتا. يا داروكا، وأنت تعلم كذلك ما هي السيرة القويمة لأبطال فِرِشْنِي (Vṛṣṇi)—حتى في خضمّ اضطراب المعركة.»

Word by Word

त्वम्you

चand

सूतकुलेin the charioteer clan

जातःborn

विनीतःwell-trained, disciplined

सूतकर्मणिin the charioteer’s duty/occupation

धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma

असिyou are

वृष्णीनाम्of the Vrishnis

आहवेषुin battles

अपिalso, even

दारुकेO Daruka

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyu)

द

दारुक (Dāruka)

स

सूतकुल (sūta lineage)

व

वृष्णि (Vṛṣṇi clan)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Competence and lineage-based training are not merely technical; they are meant to be guided by dharma. Even in warfare, one must know and uphold righteous conduct appropriate to one’s role and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses Dāruka, affirming his background as a sūta (charioteer) and praising his disciplined training and understanding of the Vṛṣṇis’ code of conduct in battle—setting a moral and practical expectation for his actions.