Shloka 9

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

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

Devanagari script

यज्वानो जज्ञिरे शूरा: प्रजावन्तो बहुश्रुता: । सर्वे सर्वास्त्रिविद्वांस: सर्वे धर्मपरायणा:,पूरुके तीसरे पुत्र मनस्वी रौद्राश्वके मिश्रकेशी अप्सराके गर्भसे अन्वग्भानु आदि दस महाथनुर्धर पुत्र हुए, जो सभी यज्ञकर्ता, शूरवीर, संतानवान, अनेक शास्‍्त्रोंके विद्वान, सम्पूर्ण अस्त्रविद्याके ज्ञाता तथा धर्मपरायण थे

Transliteration

yajvāno jajñire śūrāḥ prajāvanto bahuśrutāḥ | sarve sarvāstravidvāṃsaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Aus ihr wurden heldenhafte Söhne geboren — Opferdarbringer, mit Nachkommenschaft gesegnet und weitgelehrt. Sie alle waren Meister jeder Waffenkunst, und alle waren standhaft dem Dharma ergeben.

Word by Word

यज्वानःsacrificers, performers of yajña

जज्ञिरेwere born

शूराःheroes, brave men

प्रजावन्तःhaving offspring, prolific

बहुश्रुताःmuch-learned, well-heard (in many śāstras)

सर्वेall

सर्वास्त्रिविद्वांसःknowers of all weapons (all-weapon-knowers)

सर्वेall

धर्मपरायणाःdevoted to dharma, intent on righteousness

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ideal of noble birth expressed through conduct: learning (bahuśruta), ritual responsibility (yajña), martial competence (sarvāstra-vid), and above all commitment to dharma (dharma-parāyaṇa). Excellence is framed as ethical and disciplined, not merely powerful.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the qualities of a group of sons who have been born in a royal lineage. Rather than detailing deeds here, he characterizes them collectively as heroic, learned, skilled in weapons, and devoted to righteous living.