Shloka 15

Adhyāya 16 — Daiva, Kṣatriya-dharma, and Public Reassurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

कथं न राजवंशो<यं नश्येत्‌ प्राप्प सुतान्‌ मम । पाण्डोरिति मया पुत्रास्तस्मादुद्धर्षणं कृतम्‌,मेरे और पाण्डुके पुत्रोंतक पहुँचकर यह राजवंश किसी तरह नष्ट न हो जाय; इसीलिये मैंने तुम्हारे उत्साहकी वृद्धि की थी

Transliteration

kathaṁ na rājavaṁśo ’yaṁ naśyet prāpya sutān mama | pāṇḍor iti mayā putrās tasmād uddharṣaṇaṁ kṛtam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “How could this royal lineage not be ruined once it reached my sons—the sons of Pāṇḍu? Therefore, thinking, ‘They are Pāṇḍu’s sons,’ I acted to rouse their spirit and strengthen their resolve.”

Word by Word

कथम्how

नnot

राजवंशःroyal lineage/dynasty

अयम्this

नश्येत्might perish/be destroyed

प्राप्यhaving reached/attained

सुतान्sons

ममof me/my

पाण्डोःof Pाण्डु

इतिthus (quotative)

मयाby me

पुत्राःsons

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason

उद्धर्षणम्incitement/encouragement (stirring up)

कृतम्done/made

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍu

Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'Pāṇḍoḥ putrāḥ')

royal dynasty (rājavaṁśa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes