Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वेदस्नातो व्रतस्नातो धनुर्वेदे च पारग: । महोदधिरिवाक्षोभ्यो रामो दाशरथिर्यथा,अश्वत्थामा जब रणभूमिमें बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगता है, तब धरती भी अत्यन्त पीडित हो उठती है। वह सत्यपराक्रमी वीर संग्राममें कभी व्यथित नहीं होता है। वह वेदाध्ययन समाप्त करके स्नातक बन चुका है। ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतकी अवधि पूरी करके उसका भी स्नातक हो चुका है और धरनुर्वेदका भी पारंगत विद्वान्‌ है। महासागर तथा दशरथपुत्र श्रीरामके समान उसे कोई क्षुब्ध नहीं कर सकता

Transliteration

vedasn01to vratasn01to dhanurvede ca p01raga | mahodadhir iv01kobhy4d r01mo d015barathir yath01 ||

Translation

ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವನು ವೇದಾಧ್ಯಯನವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸ್ನಾತಕನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ವ್ರತಶಾಸನವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸ್ನಾತಕನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಧನುರ್ವೇದದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾರಂಗತನು. ಮಹಾಸಮುದ್ರದಂತೆ, ದಶರಥಪುತ್ರ ರಾಮನಂತೆ, ಅವನು ಅಕ್ಷೋಭ್ಯನು.

Word by Word

वेदस्नातःone who has taken the graduation-bath after Vedic study

व्रतस्नातःone who has taken the graduation-bath after completing the vow (brahmacarya)

धनुर्वेदेin the science of archery

चand

पारगःone who has gone to the far shore; fully proficient

महोदधिःthe great ocean

इवlike, as

अक्षोभ्यःunagitated, not to be disturbed

रामःRama

दाशरथिःson of Dasharatha

यथाas, just as

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhtar01ra

R01ma (D015barathi)

Da5baratha

Mahodadhi (the great ocean)

Dhanurveda

Veda

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?

The verse links martial excellence with disciplined formation: mastery in war (Dhanurveda) is portrayed as grounded in learning (Veda) and completed vows (vrata). Ethical strength is framed as inner steadinessbeing akobhy01, unshakablerather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhtar01ra describes a formidable warrior (contextually A5bvatth01m01) as unperturbable in battle, praising him as a fully trained sn01taka and a master of archery, and comparing his unshakable nature to the ocean and to R01ma son of Da5baratha.