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Shloka 1

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ऑपनआक्राता छा अकाल अष्टपञ्चाशर्दाधिकशततमो« ध्याय: रुक्मीका सहायता देनेके लिये आना; परंतु पाण्डव और कौरव दोनों पक्षोंके द्वारा कोरा उत्तर पाकर लौट जाना वैशम्पायन उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भीष्मकस्य महात्मन: । हिरण्यरोम्णो नृपते: साक्षादिन्द्रसखस्य वै

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | etasminn eva kāle tu bhīṣmakasya mahātmanaḥ | hiraṇyaromṇo nṛpateḥ sākṣād indrasakhasya vai |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «En ce même temps survint le noble Bhīṣmaka—roi renommé sous le nom d’Hiraṇyaroman, compagnon direct d’Indra.»

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेtime

तुbut/and

भीष्मकस्यof Bhishmaka

महात्मनःof the great-souled

हिरण्यरोम्णःof Hiranyaroman

नृपतेःof the king

साक्षात्directly/in person

इन्द्रसखस्यof Indra's friend

वैindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣmaka

Hiraṇyaroman

Indra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how decisive moments in dharma-and-war narratives often hinge on timely arrivals of powerful allies; prestige (being ‘Indra’s friend’) signals moral and political weight, yet such weight must still be tested by the choices of the parties involved.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana introduces a new figure entering the story at a critical juncture: the noble king Bhīṣmaka, also called Hiraṇyaroman, famed as a companion of Indra—setting up an episode of attempted assistance/mediation connected with the impending conflict.