Shloka 32

आदि पर्व — अध्याय १०६

Pāṇḍu’s Gifts, Forest Residence, and Vidura’s Marriage

Devanagari script

एते विचित्रवीर्यस्य क्षेत्रे द्ैपयायनादपि । जज्षिरे देवगर्भाभा: कुरुवंशविवर्धना:,विचित्रवीर्यके क्षेत्रमें ्यासजीसे ये तीन पुत्र उत्पन्न हुए, जो देवकुमारोंके समान तेजस्वी और कुरुवंशकी वृद्धि करनेवाले थे

Transliteration

ete vicitravīryasya kṣetre dvaipāyanād api | jajñire devagarbhābhāḥ kuruvaṁśavivardhanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Auf dem Feld Vicitravīryas wurden von Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) diese drei Söhne geboren—strahlend wie göttliche Nachkommen—bestimmt, das Kuru-Geschlecht zu mehren und zu erhalten.

Word by Word

एतेthese

विचित्रवीर्यस्यof Vichitravīrya

क्षेत्रेin the field (i.e., in the wife/lineage as the procreative field)

द्वैपायनात्from Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

अपिindeed/also/even

जज्ञिरेwere born

देवगर्भाभाःhaving the splendor/appearance of divine embryos (i.e., like gods in radiance)

कुरुवंशविवर्धनाःincreasers of the Kuru lineage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vicitravīrya

Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Kuru dynasty (Kuruvaṁśa)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic priority of preserving a royal lineage and its social responsibilities; when succession is endangered, sanctioned extraordinary measures may be taken to sustain the Kuru line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states that three sons were born through Vyāsa in the ‘field’ of Vicitravīrya—i.e., within Vicitravīrya’s marital line—described as godlike and as enhancers of the Kuru dynasty.