Shloka 9
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
युद्धगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिघस्तथा । एतैश्वान्यैश्व बहुभिरययुक्तो गुणगणैर्मुनि:
yuddhagāndharvasevī ca sarvatrāpratighas tathā | etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir ayukto guṇagaṇair muniḥ ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—वह युद्धविद्या तथा गान्धर्व-विद्या (संगीतादि) का सेवक था और सर्वत्र अप्रतिहत—कहीं भी विरोध से न रुकनेवाला था। इस प्रकार, हे मुनि, वह इन और ऐसे ही अनेक गुणसमूहों से युक्त था।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ideal of cultivated excellence: true eminence is not only martial capability but also refinement through the arts, joined with a strength of presence that is not easily obstructed—an ethical portrait of a worthy figure described through accumulated virtues.
Vaiśampāyana continues a laudatory description of a person’s qualities, emphasizing his devotion to both warfare and Gandharva arts and stating that he moved without hindrance, being endowed with many virtues.