Shloka 15

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वंशोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Dynastic Counsel on Legitimate Rule

Devanagari script

दीयतां पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यो राज्यार्धमरिकर्शन । सममाचार्यक॑ तात तव तेषां च मे सदा,'शत्रुसूदन! तुम पाण्डवोंका आधा राज्य दे दो। तात! मेरा यह आचार्यत्व तुम्हारे और पाण्डवोंके लिये सदा समान है

Transliteration

dīyatāṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyo rājyārdham arikarṣaṇa | samam ācāryakaṃ tāta tava teṣāṃ ca me sadā ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「敵を屈する者よ、パーンドゥの子らに王国の半分を与えよ。愛しき子よ、師としての私の務めは常に偏りがない――おまえにも、彼らにも、等しく向けられている。」

Word by Word

दीयताम्let (it) be given

पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यःto the sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)

राज्यkingdom

अर्धम्half

अरिकर्शनO harasser of foes

समम्equally

आचार्यकम्the status/role of being a teacher (preceptorship)

तातO dear one / O son

तवof you / your

तेषाम्of them

चand

मेof me / my

सदाalways

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Pāṇḍuputras (Pāṇḍavas)

Kingdom (rājya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should act with fairness and restraint: offering the Pāṇḍavas their rightful share prevents adharma and needless war, and a true teacher must remain impartial between rival parties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu addresses a warrior-king as ‘subduer of foes’ and urges him to settle the dispute by granting the Pāṇḍavas half the kingdom, emphasizing that his guidance as an ācārya is equally meant for both sides.