Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सहदेवाच्च यो जात: श्रुतसेनस्तवात्मज: । सर्वे कुशलिनो वीरा: कृतास्त्राश्व॒ सुतास्तव,'युधिष्ठिरकुमार प्रतिविन्ध्य, भीमसेननन्द्न सुतसोम, अर्जुनकुमार श्रुतकर्मा, नकुलनन्दन शतानीक तथा सहदेवकुमार श्रुतसेन--तुम्हारे ये सभी वीर पुत्र शस्त्रविद्यामें निपुण हो गये हैं और कुशलपूर्वक द्वारकापुरीमें रहते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sahadevāc ca yo jātaḥ śrutasenas tavātmajaḥ |

sarve kuśalino vīrāḥ kṛtāstrāś ca sutās tava ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Und Śrutasena, dein Sohn, der von Sahadeva geboren wurde — zusammen mit all deinen übrigen Söhnen — ist wohlauf und gedeiht. Jene jungen Helden sind im Gebrauch der Waffen ausgebildet und leben sicher und tüchtig in Dvārakā.“

Word by Word

सहदेवात्from Sahadeva

चand

यःwho

जातःborn

श्रुतसेनःShrutasena

तवyour

आत्मजःson

सर्वेall

कुशलिनःskilled, well

वीराःheroes

कृतास्त्राःtrained in weapons (lit. having made/learned weapons)

चand

सुताःsons

तवyour

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Sahadeva

Śrutasena

Dvārakā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a dharmic ideal of guardianship and preparedness: the next generation should be kept safe, trained in necessary skills (especially martial discipline for kṣatriyas), and placed in secure refuge during times of danger—here, Dvārakā.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports to Yudhiṣṭhira about the well-being of his sons, specifically naming Śrutasena (Sahadeva’s son), and states that all the sons are safe, trained in weapons, and residing at Dvārakā.