Shloka 14

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence

Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

तथैव सर्वधर्मज्ञ: पितुर्मम पितामह: । प्रतीप: पृथिवीपालस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुत:,“इसी प्रकार मेरे पिताके पितामह राजा प्रतीप सब धर्मोके ज्ञाता एवं तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात थे

Transliteration

tathaiva sarvadharmajñaḥ pitur mama pitāmahaḥ | pratīpaḥ pṛthivīpālas triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ ||

Translation

„Ebenso war der Großvater meines Vaters, König Pratīpa, ein Kenner aller Dharma. Als Beschützer der Erde war er in den drei Welten berühmt.“

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

सर्वधर्मज्ञःknower of all dharmas

पितुःof (my) father

ममof me, my

पितामहःgrandfather

प्रतीपःPratipa (proper name)

पृथिवीपालःprotector of the earth, king

त्रिषुin three

लोकेषुin the worlds

विश्रुतःrenowned, famous

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Pratīpa

three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds the ideal of kingship grounded in dharma: a ruler’s true greatness lies in comprehensive knowledge of righteous duty and in protecting the earth, earning lasting renown through ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva continues a genealogical and moral description of an ancestral king, identifying Pratīpa—his father’s grandfather—as a celebrated, dharma-knowing ruler whose fame extends across the three worlds.