Shloka 11

Rāmopākhyāna—Rāma–Sītā Origins and the Opening of Rāvaṇa’s Genealogy

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीन्महाराजो धार्तराष्ट्री महायशा:,राजसूये पुनर्वीर त्वमेवं वर्धयिष्यसि । तब महायशस्वी महाराज दुर्योधनने उससे इस प्रकार कहा--“वीर! तुम्हारा यह कथन सत्य है। नरश्रेष्ठ जब दुरात्मा पाण्डव मारे जायँगे, उस समय महायज्ञ राजसूयके समाप्त होनेपर तुम पुनः इसी प्रकार मेरा अभिनन्दन करोगे”

Transliteration

tam abravīn mahārājo dhārtarāṣṭrī mahāyaśāḥ | rājasūye punar vīra tvam evaṁ vardhayiṣyasi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Da sagte der ruhmreiche König aus dem Geschlecht Dhṛtarāṣṭras zu ihm: «O Held, beim Rājasūya wirst du mich wieder auf eben diese Weise preisen.»

Word by Word

तम्him

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

महाराजःthe great king

धार्तराष्ट्रीthe son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

महायशाःof great fame

राजसूयेin/at the Rājasūya (sacrifice)

पुनःagain

वीरO hero

त्वम्you

एवम्thus/in this manner

वर्धयिष्यसिyou will increase/augment (i.e., honor, glorify)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (lineage reference)

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how royal pride seeks reinforcement through public ritual and praise; ethically, it warns that craving acclaim and power can distort judgment and pull one away from dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Duryodhana (a Dhṛtarāṣṭra prince) speaks to someone present, asserting that during the Rājasūya sacrifice the person will again praise and magnify him—an expression of confidence and self-glorification.