Shloka 19

Ādi-parva 109: Pāṇḍu’s Forest Hunt and Kiṃdama’s Curse (पाण्डोर्मृगयावृत्तान्तः—किंदमशापः)

Devanagari script

धनुर्वेदे5श्वपृष्ठे च गदायुद्धेडसिचर्मणि । तथैव गजशिक्षायां नीतिशास्त्रेषु पारगा:,धनुर्वेद, घोड़ेकी सवारी, गदायुद्ध, ढाल-तलवारके प्रयोग, गजशिक्षा तथा नीतिशास्त्रमें वे तीनों भाई पारंगत हो गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: dhanurvede ’śvapṛṣṭhe ca gadāyuddhe ’sicarmaṇi | tathaiva gajaśikṣāyāṃ nītiśāstreṣu pāragāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The three brothers became fully accomplished in the science of archery, in riding on horseback, in combat with the mace, in the use of sword and shield, and likewise in the training of elephants and in the treatises on polity and right conduct.

Word by Word

धनुर्वेदेin archery/science of the bow

अश्वपृष्ठेon horseback (lit. on the horse’s back)

चand

गदायुद्धेin mace-fighting

असिचर्मणिin sword-and-shield (use)

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

गजशिक्षायाम्in elephant-training

नीतिशास्त्रेषुin treatises on polity/ethics

पारगाःfully proficient/versed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the three brothers (unnamed in this verse)

dhanurveda

horseback riding

mace

sword

shield

elephants

nītiśāstra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes