Shloka 7

Vidurā–Putra Saṃvāda: Utsāha, Kīrti, and Kṣātra Resolve

Udyoga-parva 131

Devanagari script

अड्जवेक्षस्व धर्म त्वं यथा सृष्ट: स्वयम्भुवा । बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रिया: सृष्टा बाहुवीयोपजीविन:,बेटा! ब्रह्माजीने तुम्हारे लिये जैसे धर्मकी सृष्टि की है, उसीपर दृष्टिपात करो। उन्होंने अपनी दोनों भुजाओंसे क्षत्रियोंकों उत्पन्न किया है, अतः क्षत्रिय बाहुबलसे ही जीविका चलानेवाले होते हैं

Transliteration

adya vekṣasva dharma tvaṃ yathā sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā | bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyāḥ sṛṣṭā bāhuvīryopajīvinaḥ ||

Translation

Now look to your dharma as it was ordained by the Self-born Creator. From His two arms the Kṣatriyas were brought forth; therefore a Kṣatriya lives by the strength and valor of his arms.

Word by Word

अड्जवेक्षस्वlook (consider)

धर्मम्duty, dharma

त्वम्you

यथाas, in the manner that

सृष्टःcreated, ordained

स्वयम्भुवाby the Self-born (Brahmā)

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

क्षत्रियाःKshatriyas

सृष्टाःcreated

बाहुवीर्योपजीविनःliving by the strength of (their) arms

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Svayambhū (Brahmā)

Kṣatriyas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes