Shloka 83

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

आचार्यो यो धरनुर्वेदे गौतमो रथसत्तम:

Transliteration

ācāryo yo dhanuḥvede gautamo rathasattamaḥ

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „Jener Lehrer—Gautama—der in der Wissenschaft des Bogens berühmt war, o Bester der Wagenkämpfer!“

Word by Word

• आचार्यः: teacher, preceptor
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनुर्वेदे: in the science of archery (Dhanurveda)
• धनुर्वेदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथसत्तमः: best of chariot-warriors
• रथसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gautama
• Dhanurveda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the authority of a qualified ācārya in Dhanurveda, implying that martial excellence and righteous conduct in war are grounded in disciplined learning and legitimate transmission of knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana introduces or identifies Gautama as a distinguished instructor in archery, addressing a leading chariot-warrior (“rathasattama”), as part of the ongoing account in the Karṇa Parva.