Adi Parva Adhyaya 117 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Gujarati | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya

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Devanagari script

चित्रायुधो निषद्गी च पाशी वृन्दारकस्तथा । दृढवर्मा दृढक्षत्र: सोमकीर्तिरनूदर: ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

citrāyudho niṣadgī ca pāśī vṛndārakas tathā |

dṛḍhavarmā dṛḍhakṣatraḥ somakīrtir anūdaraḥ ||

dṛḍhasandho jarāsandhaḥ satyasandhaḥ sadaḥsuvāk |

ugraśnavā ugrasenaḥ senānīr duṣparājayaḥ ||

aparājitaḥ paṇḍitako viśālākṣo durādharaḥ |

dṛḍhahastaḥ suhastaś ca vātavega-suvarcasau ||

Translation

વૈશમ્પાયન બોલ્યા—હે જનમેજય! ધૃતરાષ્ટ્રના પુત્રોમાં આ રાજકુમારો પણ હતા—ચિત્રાયુધ, નિષંગી, પાશી અને વૃન્દારક; તેમજ દૃઢવર્મા, દૃઢક્ષત્ર, સોમકીર્તિ અને અનૂદર; દૃઢસંધ, જરાસંધ, સત્યસંધ અને સદઃસુવાક્; ઉગ્રશ્નવા, ઉગ્રસેન, સેનાની અને દુષ્પરાજય; અપરાજિત, પંડિતક, વિશાલાક્ષ અને દુરાધર; તથા દૃઢહસ્ત, સુહસ્ત, વાતવેગ અને સુવર્ચા।

Word by Word

चित्रायुधःChitrayudha (having a variegated/remarkable weapon)

निषद्गीNishadgin (one bearing a sword)

चand

पाशीPāśin (one bearing a noose)

वृन्दारकःVrindāraka (a heroic/illustrious one; proper name)

तथाalso/likewise

दृढवर्माDṛḍhavarman (firm-armored; proper name)

दृढक्षत्रःDṛḍhakṣatra (firm in dominion/warrior-power; proper name)

सोमकीर्तिःSomakīrti (moon-like fame; proper name)

अनूदरःAnūdara (having a slender belly; proper name)

दृढसन्धःDṛḍhasandha (firm in alliance/resolve; proper name)

जरासन्धःJarāsandha (joined by 'jarā'/old age; proper name)

सत्यसन्धःSatyasandha (true to his pledge; proper name)

सदःसुवाक्Sadaḥsuvāk (eloquent in the assembly; proper name)

उग्रश्नवाUgraśnavā (fierce-jawed/strong-toothed; proper name)

उग्रसेनःUgrasena (having a fierce army; proper name)

सेनानीःSenānī (army-leader; proper name)

दुष्पराजयःDuṣparājaya (hard to defeat; proper name)

अपराजितःAparājita (unconquered; proper name)

पण्डितकःPaṇḍitaka (learned one; proper name)

विशालाक्षःViśālākṣa (large-eyed; proper name)

दुराधरःDurādhara (hard to bear/withstand; proper name)

दृढहस्तःDṛḍhahasta (firm-handed; proper name)

सुहस्तःSuhasta (good-handed; proper name)

वातवेगःVātavega (wind-speed; proper name)

सुवर्चसौSuvarchas (of good radiance); the two named Suvarchas (dual)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Citrāyudha

Niṣadgī (Niṣaṅgī)

Pāśī

Vṛndāraka

Dṛḍhavarmā

Dṛḍhakṣatra

Somakīrti

Anūdara

Dṛḍhasandha

Jarāsandha

Satyasandha

Sadaḥsuvāk

Ugraśnavā

Ugrasena

Senānī

Duṣparājaya

Aparājita

Paṇḍitaka

Viśālākṣa

Durādhara

Dṛḍhahasta

Suhasta

Vātavega

Suvarcas

assembly (sadas)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse itself teaches indirectly: lineage and power are enumerated, but the Mahābhārata’s ethical thrust is that mere birth, numbers, or impressive epithets (e.g., ‘hard to defeat’, ‘unconquered’) do not guarantee righteousness; dharma is proven by conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the catalog of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, listing a sequence of their names and epithets as part of the Adi Parva’s genealogical and dynastic framing.