Shloka 39

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

आहुक: पुनरस्माभिज्जातिभिश्चापि सत्कृत: । उग्रसेन: कृतो राजा भोजराजन्यवर्धन:,“तदनन्तर हम सब कुटुम्बीजनोंने मिलकर भोज-वंशी क्षत्रियोंकी उन्नति करनेवाले आहुक उग्रसेनको सत्कारपूर्वक पुनः राजा बना दिया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

āhukaḥ punar asmābhir jātibhiś cāpi satkṛtaḥ |

ugrasenaḥ kṛto rājā bhojarājanyavardhanaḥ ||

Translation

Daraufhin ehrten wir—seine eigenen Verwandten—ihn und setzten Ugrasena aus der Linie Āhukas mit gebührendem Respekt wieder auf den Thron, wodurch Rang und Gedeihen der Bhoja-Kṣatriyas gefördert wurden.

Word by Word

आहुकःAhuka (name)

पुनःagain

अस्माभिःby us

जातिभिःwith (our) kinsmen/people of the clan

चand

अपिalso

सत्कृतःhonoured, respectfully received

उग्रसेनःUgrasena (name)

कृतःwas made

राजाking

भोजराजन्यवर्धनःone who increases the Bhoja Kshatriyas (Bhoja nobles)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Āhuka

Ugrasena

Bhoja

Rājanya (Kṣatriya order)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic responsibility of a community to uphold rightful governance: honouring and reinstating a legitimate king strengthens the Kṣatriya order and preserves social stability, showing that political authority should be grounded in collective duty and propriety rather than usurpation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the clan/kinsmen collectively honoured the rightful ruler and re-established Ugrasena (identified with the Āhuka line) as king, an act described as promoting the prosperity and standing of the Bhoja Kṣatriyas.