Shloka 5
Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial
संयुक्ता सा हि धर्मेण योगमूर्तिधरेण ह । लेभे पुत्र वरारोहा सर्वप्राणभूृतां हितम्
saṁyuktā sā hi dharmeṇa yogamūrtidhareṇa ha | lebhe putraṁ varārohā sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṁ hitam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: United with Dharma himself, who had assumed a yogic form, the fair-limbed Kuntī conceived and obtained a son—one destined to work for the welfare of all living beings.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links rightful power to dharma: a ruler’s worth is measured by commitment to the welfare (hita) of all beings. Birth and authority are portrayed as meaningful only when aligned with ethical order and universal good.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kuntī, through union with the personified Dharma appearing in a yogic form, gives birth to a son—understood in context as Yudhiṣṭhira—whose nature and destiny are described as beneficial to all living creatures.