Shloka 8

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

प्रादुरास्तां तथा दोर्भ्या संकर्षणधनंजयौ । दक्षिणे5थार्जुनो धन्‍वी हली रामश्न॒ सव्यत:

Transliteration

prādurāstāṃ tathā dorbhyāṃ saṅkarṣaṇadhanañjayau | dakṣiṇe 'thārjuno dhanvī halī rāmaś ca savyataḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。その両腕から、サンカルシャナ（バララーマ）とダナンジャヤ（アルジュナ）が顕れた。右には弓を携えるアルジュナ、左には鋤を執るラーマ（バララーマ）が立っていた。この場面は正しき強さの理想を示す。力は規律と秩序のうちにあり、政治と道徳の危機にあって、第一の護り手たちがダルマの支えとして具現するのである。

Word by Word

• प्रादुर्: manifest, forth
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुस्

• आस्ताम्: were/appeared (let them be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 3rd, dual, परस्मैपदम्

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दोर्भ्याम्: by (the two) arms
• दोर्भ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोर्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, dual

• संकर्षण-धनंजयौ: Sankarshana and Dhananjaya (Balarama and Arjuna)
• संकर्षण-धनंजयौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण; धनंजय
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• दक्षिणे: in the right (arm/side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• अथ: then, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धन्वी: bow-bearing, archer
• धन्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• हली: plough-bearing
• हली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हलिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रामः: Rama (Balarama)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सव्यतः: from/on the left side
• सव्यतः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्य
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Arjuna
• Rāma (Balarāma)
• bow (dhanus)
• plough (hala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents righteous power as structured and purposeful: the foremost defenders of dharma appear in an ordered way (right/left), suggesting that strength should serve moral order and protection rather than mere domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a wondrous manifestation in which Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa), the plough-bearer, and Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), the bowman, appear from the two arms—Arjuna on the right and Balarāma on the left—highlighting their roles as principal supports in the unfolding conflict.