Shloka 30

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: कौरवो राजा वासवेन महात्मना

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ kauravo rājā vāsavena mahātmanā |

Translation

ເມື່ອຖືກກ່າວໂດຍ ວາສະວະ (ອິນທຣາ) ຜູ້ມີຈິດໃຫຍ່, ພະຣາຊາແຫ່ງກຸຣຸ—ຜູ້ທຳມະທຳ—ກໍເກີດຄວາມຍິນດີຢ່າງລຶກຊຶ້ງ. ພຣະອົງລະລຶກຖ້ອຍຄຳຂອງຈອມເທວະ ແລ້ວກ່າວກັບ ພຣະນາງກຸນຕີ ວ່າ: «ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ເປັນມງຄົດ, ຜົນໃນອະນາຄົດຂອງພຣະວຣະຕະຂອງເຈົ້າຈະເປັນສິຣິມງຄົນ. ອິນທຣາ ຈອມເທວະ ພໍໃຈໃນພວກເຮົາ ແລະປາດຖະນາຈະປະທານບຸດອັນປະເສີດໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຕາມຄຳຕັ້ງໃຈ—ຜູ້ກະທຳການງານເຫນືອມະນຸດ, ມີຊື່ສຽງ, ປາບສັດຕູ, ຮູ້ທັນນະໂຍບາຍ, ໃຈໃຫຍ່, ສະຫວ່າງໄສດັ່ງຕາເວັນ, ບໍ່ອາດຕ້ານທານ, ຂະຫຍັນໃນການງານ, ແລະນ່າອັດສະຈັນເມື່ອໄດ້ເຫັນ».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (king)
• कौरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासवेन: by Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Pāṇḍu
• Kuntī
• Kuru/Kaurava lineage
• Devas (gods)
• the promised son (future child)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes that sincere vows (vrata) and steadfast resolve (saṅkalpa), aligned with dharma, are believed to yield auspicious results, and that ideal rulership values ethical prudence (nīti), self-mastery, and the welfare of the lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra/Vāsava) has spoken to the Kuru-line king Pāṇḍu. Pāṇḍu, pleased and mindful of Indra’s assurance, turns to Kuntī and foretells that her vow will bear a divinely granted, extraordinary son endowed with royal and heroic virtues.