Shloka 6

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration

Devanagari script

मनस्युरभवत्‌ तस्माच्छूरसेनीसुत: प्रभु: । पृथिव्याश्षतुरन्ताया गोप्ता राजीवलोचन:,प्रवीरके पुत्रका नाम मनस्यु था, जो शूरसेनीके पुत्र और शक्तिशाली थे। कमलके समान नेत्रवाले मनस्युने चारों समुद्रोंसे घिरी हुई समस्त पृथ्वीका पालन किया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

manasyur abhavat tasmāc chūrasenīsutaḥ prabhuḥ |

pṛthivyāś caturantāyā goptā rājīvalocanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: From him was born Manasyu, the mighty son of Śūrasenī. Lotus-eyed, Manasyu became the protector and ruler of the entire earth bounded by the four quarters (i.e., extending to the oceans), upholding sovereign order over the whole realm.

Word by Word

मनस्युःManasyu (proper name)

अभवत्was/became

तस्मात्from him/therefore

शूरसेनी-सुतःson of a Śūrasenī (woman of the Śūrasena people)

प्रभुःlord, powerful one

पृथिव्याःof the earth

चतुरन्तायाःfour-bounded (i.e., bounded by four seas)

गोप्ताprotector, ruler

राजीव-लोचनःlotus-eyed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Manasyu

Śūrasenī

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 highlights the dharmic ideal of kingship: a ruler is foremost a goptā—one who protects and sustains order over the whole realm, not merely one who possesses power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical account, stating that Manasyu was born in the lineage, describing him as powerful, lotus-eyed, and as a protector-ruler of the earth extending to the four ends.