Shloka 43

Devanagari script

वासुविकश्षित्रसेनश्व॒ तक्षको मणिकस्तथा । सर्पाश्चिव तथा सर्वे काद्रवेयाश्व॒ सान्वया:

Transliteration

vāsuvikaḥ kṣitrasenaś ca takṣako maṇikas tathā | sarpāś caiva tathā sarve kādraveyāś ca sānvayāḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ヴァースヴィカとクシトラセーナ、さらにタクシャカとマニカ——まことに、蛇たちすべて、カードラヴェーヤの一族はその血統のすべてを伴って、そこにいた。」

Word by Word

वासुकिःVasuki (the serpent-king)

चित्रसेनःChitrasena

चand

तक्षकःTakshaka

मणिकःManika

तथाlikewise/also

सर्पाःserpents

चand

इवas if/like

तथाlikewise/also

सर्वेall

काद्रवेयाःsons/descendants of Kadru (serpents)

चand

सान्वयाःtogether with their lineage/retinue (with their families)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vāsuvika

Kṣitrasena

Takṣaka

Maṇika

Sarpas (Nāgas)

Kādraveyas (descendants of Kadru)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how lineage and inherited affiliations can mobilize entire groups—suggesting an ethical reflection on collective responsibility and the power of ancestral bonds to shape participation in larger conflicts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya lists prominent nāgas—Vāsuvika, Kṣitrasena, Takṣaka, Maṇika—and states that all the Kādraveya serpents along with their kin were present, emphasizing the scale and completeness of the serpent clan’s involvement.