Shloka 25

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

बालक भीमके शरीरकी चोटसे चट्टान टूट गयी ततः पाणए्डुर्महाराजो मन्त्रयित्वा महर्षिभि: । दिदेश कुन्त्या: कौरव्यो व्र॒तं सांवत्सरं शुभम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ pāṇḍur mahārājo mantrayitvā maharṣibhiḥ | dideśa kuntyāḥ kauravyo vrataṃ sāṃvatsaraṃ śubham ||

Translation

その後、パーンドゥ王は大聖仙たちと相談のうえ方針を定め、クンティーに吉祥なる一年の誓戒（ヴラタ）を守るよう命じた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पाण्डुः: Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराजः: the great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्त्रयित्वा: having consulted
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• महर्षिभिः: with the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• दिदेश: he instructed/commanded
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुन्त्याः: to Kuntī
• कुन्त्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• कौरव्यः: the Kuru prince (Pāṇḍu)
• कौरव्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्रतम्: vow/observance
• व्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सांवत्सरम्: annual; lasting a year
• सांवत्सरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांवत्सर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍu
• Kuntī
• Mahārṣis (sages)
• Kuru lineage (Kauravya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should act after deliberation with wise counselors, and dharmic discipline (vrata) is presented as a constructive, auspicious means to uphold welfare and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

After consulting great sages, King Pāṇḍu decides on a course and directs Kuntī to observe an auspicious year-long vow (sāṃvatsara-vrata).