Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मातलिरुवाच स्थितो य एष पुरत: कौरव्यस्यार्यकस्य तु । द्युतिमान्‌ दर्शनीयश्व कस्यैष कुलनन्दन:

Transliteration

mātalir uvāca sthito ya eṣa purataḥ kauravyasyāryakasya tu | dyutimān darśanīyaś ca kasya eṣa kulanandanaḥ ||

Translation

মাতলিয়ে ক’লে—কৌৰব্য আৰু আৰ্যকৰ সন্মুখত থিয় হৈ থকা এই দীপ্তিমান, দৰ্শনীয় যুবক কোন কুলৰ আনন্দবর্ধক?

Word by Word

मातलिःMātali (name)

उवाचsaid

स्थितःstanding

यःwho

एषःthis (one)

पुरतःin front

कौरव्यस्यof the Kaurava

आर्यकस्यof the noble elder (Āryaka)

तुbut/indeed

द्युतिमान्radiant

दर्शनीयःworthy to be seen, handsome

चand

कस्यof whom

एषःthis (one)

कुलनन्दनःdelight of (his) family

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mātali

Kauravya (a Kuru descendant)

Āryaka (venerable elder/ancestor of the Kuru line)

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 highlights the cultural-ethical importance of recognizing nobility through conduct and appearance, and of situating a person within lineage and duty (kula and dharma) before judging or engaging with them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mātali, observing a striking young man standing before a revered Kuru elder, asks whose son or clan-member he is—seeking identification and status within the Kuru lineage.