Shloka 3

द्रोणेन दुर्योधनस्य कवचबन्धनम् — Drona’s Mantra-Bound Armor for Duryodhana

Devanagari script

पृथुं वैन्यं प्रजा दृष्टवा रक्ता: स्मेति यदब्रुवन्‌ । ततो राजेति नामास्थ अनुरागादजायत,वेनकुमार पृथुकोी देखकर प्रजाने कहा, हम इनमें अनुरक्त हैं। इसलिये उस प्रजारंजनजनित अनुरागके कारण उनका नाम 'राजा' हुआ

Transliteration

Pṛthuṁ vainyaṁ prajā dṛṣṭvā raktāḥ sme iti yad abruvan | tato rājeti nāmāsthān anurāgād ajāyata ||

Translation

Nārada said: “When the people beheld Pṛthu, son of Vena, they exclaimed, ‘We are devotedly attached to him!’ From that very affection—born of his power to delight and win the hearts of the subjects—there arose for him the name ‘Rājā’ (king), the one who pleases and holds the people in loyal love.”

Word by Word

पृथुम्Prithu (as object)

वैन्यम्son/descendant of Vena

प्रजाःthe subjects/people

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

रक्ताःattached, enamoured

स्मindeed; (past-narrative particle)

इतिthus

यत्since/that (insofar as)

अब्रुवन्they said

ततःthereupon; therefore

राजाking

इतिthus

नामname

आस्थhe assumed/obtained

अनुरागात्from affection/attachment

अजायतarose; came to be

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pṛthu

Vena

Prajā (the subjects/people)

Rājā (title/name)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes