Shloka 39

Āṇīmāṇḍavya–Upākhyāna

The Account of Āṇīmāṇḍavya and the Birth of Vidura

Devanagari script

यदस्त्रं वेद रामश्न तदेतस्मिन्‌ प्रतिष्ठितम्‌ । महेष्वासमिमं राजन्‌ राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्‌

Transliteration

yad astraṃ veda rāmaśna tad etasmin pratiṣṭhitam | maheṣvāsam imaṃ rājan rājadharmārthakovidam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Todo el saber de las armas que conoce Rāmaśna está firmemente asentado en este hombre. Oh rey, contempla a este gran arquero: diestro en los principios y en los fines prácticos del dharma real».

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वेद: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतस्मिन्: in this (person)
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established/placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासम्: great archer (lit. great-bow)
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्: skilled in royal duty and polity/advantage
• राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजधर्मार्थकोविद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rāmaśna
• King (rājan)
• astra (weapon-lore)
• rājadharma (royal duty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True excellence in a ruler-warrior is not merely mastery of weapons (astra-vidyā) but also competence in rājadharma and artha—ethical governance joined with practical statecraft.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is praising a particular person before the king, stating that all the weapon-knowledge known by Rāmaśna is present in him, and highlighting him as a great archer who also understands the duties and aims of kingship.