Shloka 6

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

सर्वे वेदविद: शूरा: सर्वे सुचरितव्रता: । ह्वीमन्तो नीतिमन्तश्न सर्वे युद्धविशारदा:,“ये सब-के-सब वेदवेत्ता, शूरवीर, उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले, लज्जाशील, नीतिज्ञ और युद्धकुशल हैं

Transliteration

sarve vedavidaḥ śūrāḥ sarve sucaritavratāḥ | hrīmanto nītimantaś ca sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ವೇದವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರು, ಶೂರರು, ಸಚ್ಚರಿತ್ರ ವ್ರತಗಳನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸುವವರು; ಹ್ರೀಮಂತರು, ನೀತಿಜ್ಞರು, ಯುದ್ಧಕಲೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ನಿಪುಣರು.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदविदः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूराः: brave, heroic
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुचरितव्रताः: of well-practised vows / of good conduct and vows
• सुचरितव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचरितव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ह्रीमतः: modest, possessing shame (hri)
• ह्रीमतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ह्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नीतिमन्तः: prudent, possessing policy/ethics
• नीतिमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीतिमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्धविशारदाः: skilled in war
• युद्धविशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ideal profile of leaders/warriors: learning (Veda), courage, disciplined vows, modesty (hrī), ethical-political wisdom (nīti), and competence in warfare—suggesting that power should be guided by knowledge, restraint, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a group of men (contextually, a body of warriors or nobles) by listing their virtues and qualifications, emphasizing their moral discipline and martial expertise as the story moves toward the great conflict.