Shloka 60

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

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

Devanagari script

प्रतीपं धर्मनेत्रं च सुनेत्रं चापि भारत । प्रतीप: प्रथितस्तेषां बभूवाप्रतिमो भुवि

Transliteration

pratīpaṃ dharmanetraṃ ca sunetraṃ cāpi bhārata | pratīpaḥ prathitasteṣāṃ babhūvāpratimo bhuvi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô Bhārata, parmi eux se trouvaient Pratīpa, Dharmanetra et aussi Sunetra. Pratīpa devint illustre dans leur lignée, sans égal sur la terre.»

Word by Word

प्रतीपम्Pratipa (name)

धर्मनेत्रम्Dharmanetra (name; 'whose eye is dharma')

चand

सुनेत्रम्Sunetra (name; 'good-eyed')

चand

अपिalso

भारतO Bharata

प्रतीपःPratipa

प्रथितःrenowned, famous

तेषाम्of them

बभूवbecame, was

अप्रतिमःincomparable, unrivalled

भुविon earth, in the world

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

Pratīpa

Dharmanetra

Sunetra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of dharmic kingship through lineage memory: a ruler’s true distinction is measured by enduring fame grounded in virtue (dharma), so that he becomes ‘incomparable’ not merely by power but by righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the genealogical account in the Ādi Parva, naming notable figures in the ancestral line and emphasizing that Pratīpa, among them, became especially celebrated and unmatched on earth.