Shloka 25

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्बभूवाविदित: क्षणेन कुरुनन्दन । तस्मै पूजां ततः कृत्वा सुताय विधिपूर्वकम्‌

Transliteration

prādurbabhūvāviditaḥ kṣaṇena kurunandana | tasmai pūjāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sutāya vidhipūrvakam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「クル族の喜びよ、彼は一瞬にして、誰にも気づかれぬまま忽然と姿を現した。ついで彼らは法にかなって礼拝を捧げ、子に定められた儀礼を正しく執り行った。」

Word by Word

• प्रादुर्: manifestly, forth
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुस्
• Form: avyaya

• बभूव: became/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अविदितः: unknown, unrecognized
• अविदितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविदित
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship, honor
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: avyaya

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय), पूर्वकाल

• सुताय: to the son
• सुताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• विधिपूर्वकम्: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिपूर्वक
• Form: avyaya (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru-nandana (addressee, Kuru prince)
• suta (son/offspring)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma expressed as proper reverence and ritual correctness: when an extraordinary guest or presence appears, one should respond with due honor (pūjā) and carry out prescribed duties (vidhi) carefully, especially regarding family and lineage rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

A figure suddenly appears without being noticed at first. In response, the people present honor him with worship and then proceed to perform the appropriate, rule-based rites connected with the son/offspring.