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Shloka 1

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपरव्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें उत्तरयगायातसमाप्तिविषयक तिरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ९३ ॥। (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २०३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४८ ३ “लोक हैं) नमन () अजआत+- - ये वसुमान्‌ नामसे भी प्रसिद्ध थे। चतुर्नवतितमो< ध्याय: पूरुवंशका वर्णन जनमेजय उवाच भगवज्छोतुमिच्छामि पूरोर्वशकरान्‌ नृपान्‌ । यद्वीर्यान्‌ यादृशांश्वापि यावतो यत्पराक्रमान्‌,जनमेजय बोले--भगवन! अब मैं पूरुके वंशका विस्तार करनेवाले राजाओंका परिचय सुनना चाहता हूँ। उनका बल और पराक्रम कैसा था? वे कैसे और कितने थे?

Janamejaya uvāca: bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi pūror vaṁśa-karān nṛpān | yad-vīryān yādṛśāṁś cāpi yāvato yat-parākramān ||

Janamejaya sprach: „Ehrwürdiger Herr, ich wünsche zu hören von den Königen, die das Geschlecht Pūrus mehrten und ausweiteten. Wie stand es um ihre Kraft und Tapferkeit—welcher Art Helden waren sie, wie viele waren es, und welche Taten des Mutes vollbrachten sie?“

जनमेजयःJanamejaya
जनमेजयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनमेजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular
भगवन्O venerable one / O Lord
भगवन्:
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormTumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (by derivation)
इच्छामिI desire / I wish
इच्छामि:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, First, Singular
पूरोःof Puru
पूरोः:
TypeNoun
Rootपूरु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वंशकरान्lineage-founders / progenitors (of the dynasty)
वंशकरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवंशकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नृपान्kings
नृपान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
यत्which / what
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वीर्यान्powers / valorous qualities
वीर्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
यादृशान्of what kind
यादृशान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootयादृश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
यावतःhow many / as many as
यावतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यत्which / what
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पराक्रमान्exploits / prowess
पराक्रमान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपराक्रम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

जनमेजय उवाच

J
Janamejaya
P
Pūru

Educational Q&A

The verse models the itihāsa method of learning: respectful inquiry into lineage and conduct. By asking about the kings’ vīrya and parākrama, Janamejaya seeks not mere genealogy but an ethical-historical understanding of how royal power and virtue manifested across generations.

After concluding the previous chapter, Janamejaya turns the discussion toward the Pūru line and requests the narrator to describe the successive kings—who they were, how many, and what their strength and heroic deeds were.