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Shloka 7

Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya

Hastināpura

Devanagari script

चित्रबाणश्षित्रवर्मा सुवर्मा दुर्विरोचन: । अयोबाहुर्महाबाहुभ्रित्राज्ञश्चित्रकुण्डल: ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

chitrabāṇaś citravarmā suvarmā durvirocanaḥ |

ayobāhur mahābāhuś citrakuṇḍalaḥ ||

bhīmavego bhīmabalo balākī balavardhanaḥ |

ugrāyudhaḥ suṣeṇaś ca kuṇḍodara-mahodarau ||

Translation

চিত্ৰবাণ, চিত্ৰৱৰ্মা, সুবৰ্মা আৰু দুর্বিৰোচন; অয়োবাহু আৰু মহাবাহু, লগতে চিত্ৰকুণ্ডল; ভীমবেগ আৰু ভীমবল, বলাকী আৰু বলবৰ্ধন; উগ্ৰায়ুধ আৰু সুষেণ; আৰু কুণ্ডোদৰ–মহোদৰ—ইয়ো ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰৰ পুত্ৰ আছিল।

Word by Word

चित्रबाणःChitrabāṇa (one with variegated arrows; proper name)

चित्रवर्माChitravarmā (of splendid armor; proper name)

सुवर्माSuvarmā (well-armored; proper name)

दुर्विरोचनःDurvirocana (hard-to-outshine; proper name)

अयोबाहुःAyobāhu (iron-armed; proper name)

महाबाहुःMahābāhu (great-armed; proper name)

चित्रकुण्डलःChitrakuṇḍala (with splendid earrings; proper name)

भीमवेगःBhīmavega (of terrible speed; proper name)

भीमबलःBhīmabala (of terrible strength; proper name)

बलाकीBalākī (proper name)

बलवर्धनःBalavardhana (strength-increaser; proper name)

उग्रायुधःUgrāyudha (fierce-weaponed; proper name)

सुषेणःSuṣeṇa (having a good army; proper name)

कुण्डोदरःKuṇḍodara (pot-bellied; proper name)

महोदरौMahodara (big-bellied; proper name) — dual form in the text

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Citrabāṇa

Citravarmā

Suvarmā

Durvirocana

Ayobāhu

Mahābāhu

Citrakuṇḍala

Bhīmavega

Bhīmabala

Balākī

Balavardhana

Ugrāyudha

Suṣeṇa

Kuṇḍodara

Mahodara

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 itself teaches indirectly through form: it is a catalogue of names that highlights how royal power and numerical strength can appear overwhelming, yet the Mahābhārata repeatedly insists that lineage and might must be governed by dharma; otherwise abundance becomes a cause of pride, rivalry, and eventual ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues narrating to Janamejaya the list of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s children (the Kauravas). This verse gives a segment of that list, naming several sons in sequence as part of the epic’s formal genealogical enumeration.