Shloka 35

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता तत: शक्रमाजुहाव यशस्विनी । अथाजगाम देवेन्द्रो जनयामास चार्जुनम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktā tataḥ Śakram ājuhāva yaśasvinī | athājagāma Devendro janayāmāsa cārjunam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: So angesprochen, rief die ruhmreiche Frau Śakra (Indra) an. Da kam der Herr der Götter, und er zeugte Arjuna.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ता: having been spoken to / addressed
• उक्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आजुहाव: called; invoked
• आजुहाव: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, आ

• यशस्विनी: the illustrious (lady)
• यशस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आजगाम: came; arrived
• आजगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, आ

• देवेन्द्रः: lord of the gods (Indra)
• देवेन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनयामास: caused to be born; begot
• जनयामास: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (Liṭ with āmāsa), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devendra (Indra)
• Arjuna
• yaśasvinī (the illustrious lady—Kuntī in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents divine birth as operating within a moral-cosmic order: through sanctioned invocation and divine response, a hero is born for a larger dharmic role, suggesting that power and lineage are ideally aligned with responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed, the illustrious woman invokes Indra (Śakra). Indra arrives, and Arjuna is conceived/begotten through him.