Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 139 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

Devanagari script

राजानो राजपूुत्राश्न पाण्डवार्थे समागता: । पादौ तव ग्रहीष्यन्ति सर्वे चान्धकवृष्णय:,इसके सिवा, पाण्डवोंकी सहायताके लिये आये हुए समस्त राजा, राजकुमार तथा अन्धक और वृष्णिवंशके योद्धा भी तुम्हारे चरणोंमें नतमस्तक होंगे

Transliteration

rājāno rājaputrāś ca pāṇḍavārthe samāgatāḥ | pādau tava grahīṣyanti sarve cāndhaka-vṛṣṇayaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Könige und Königsöhne, die sich für die Sache der Pāṇḍavas versammelt haben, werden allesamt deine Füße in Verehrung umfassen; ebenso alle Krieger der Andhaka- und Vṛṣṇi-Sippen.“

Word by Word

राजानःkings

राजपुत्राःprinces (sons of kings)

पाण्डवार्थेfor the sake of the Pāṇḍavas / in the Pāṇḍavas' cause

समागताःassembled / have come together

पादौthe two feet

तवyour

ग्रहीष्यन्तिwill grasp / will take (hold of)

सर्वेall

चand

अन्धकवृष्णयःthe Andhakas and the Vṛṣṇis

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Pāṇḍavas

kings

princes

Andhakas

Vṛṣṇis

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 frames political support as a moral choice: those who gather for the Pāṇḍavas’ cause express humility and recognition of rightful dharma by the symbolic act of taking someone’s feet, indicating allegiance grounded in ethical judgment rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu foretells or declares that many rulers and the Andhaka–Vṛṣṇi warriors, having come to aid the Pāṇḍavas, will show deep respect and submission—signaling a broad coalition forming around the Pāṇḍavas in the lead-up to the great conflict.