Shloka 10
ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit
प्रतर्दनो वसुमना: शिबिरौशीनरोडष्टक:
pratardano vasumanāḥ śibirauśīnarodaṣṭakaḥ
Nārada dit : «Ce sont Pratardana, Vasumanas, Śibi, Auśīnara et Daṣṭaka.» Dans ce passage au ton de catalogue, Nārada évoque des souverains exemplaires—des noms liés à la générosité, au règne selon le dharma et aux idéaux éthiques attendus d’un roi—posant ainsi un arrière-plan moral aux tensions politiques de l’Udyoga Parva.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
By naming renowned kings—especially figures like Śibi associated with self-sacrifice—Narada foregrounds ideals of dharma in rulership: generosity, protection of subjects, and moral excellence as the standard against which present political actors are implicitly measured.
Narada is listing notable royal figures in a sequence, functioning like a brief roll-call of exemplary kings/lineages. The verse contributes to a larger contextual framing in Udyoga Parva, where ethical models and precedents are recalled amid preparations and negotiations surrounding the impending conflict.