Shloka 1
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
हम () अऑणआ आह षड्विशरत्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: राजा मान्धाताकी उत्पत्ति और संक्षिप्त चरित्र युधिछिर उवाच मान्धाता राजशार्दूलस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्लुत: । कथं जातो महाब्रद्यन् यौवनाश्वो नृपोत्तम:,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा-ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ! युवनाश्वके पुत्र नृपश्रेष्ठ मान्धाता तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात थे। उनकी उत्पत्ति किस प्रकार हुई थी?
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
mandhātā rājaśārdūlas triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ |
kathaṁ jāto mahābrāhman yauvanāśvo nṛpottamaḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O großer Brāhmaṇa, Māndhātṛ, der Tiger unter den Königen, war in den drei Welten berühmt. Wie wurde jener erhabenste Herrscher, der Sohn König Yuvanāśvas, geboren?“
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical interest in exemplary kingship: true renown (viśruti) invites inquiry into origins and causes, suggesting that greatness is to be understood through lineage, conduct, and the dharmic circumstances of one’s birth and life.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a learned Brāhmaṇa-sage and asks how the famed king Mandhātṛ—known across the three worlds—was born as the son of King Yuvanāśva, introducing the forthcoming origin-legend and brief account of Mandhātṛ’s career.