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Shloka 6

Droṇa’s Defensive Stand and Abhimanyu Commissioned to Breach the Cakravyūha (द्रोणानीक-प्रतिरोधः; सौभद्र-नियोजनम्)

गुरुवात्सल्यमत्यन्तं नैभृत्यं विनयो दम: । नकुले<प्रातिरूप्यं च शौर्य च नियतानि षट्‌,बड़े भाईके प्रति अत्यन्त भक्ति, अपने पराक्रमको प्रकाशित न करना, विनयशीलता, इन्द्रिय-संयम, उपमा-रहित रूप तथा शौर्य--ये नकुलमें छः: गुण निश्चितरूपसे निवास करते हैं

guruvātsalyam atyantaṁ naibhṛtyaṁ vinayo damaḥ | nakule prātirūpyaṁ ca śauryaṁ ca niyatāni ṣaṭ ||

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນນະກຸລະ ມີຄຸນທຳຫົກປະການສະຖິດຢູ່ຢ່າງໝັ້ນຄົງ—ຄວາມຮັກແລະຄວາມຈົ່ງຮັກພັກດີຢ່າງລຶກຊຶ້ງຕໍ່ຜູ້ເຖົ້າແລະອາຈານ, ບໍ່ໂອ້ອວດສະແດງພະລັງຂອງຕົນ, ຄວາມຖ່ອມຕົນ, ການສຳລວມອິນຊີ, ຮູບງາມຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້, ແລະຄວາມກ້າຫານ.

गुरुवात्सल्यम्affection/devotion toward elders (esp. elder brother/teacher)
गुरुवात्सल्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरुवात्सल्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अत्यन्तम्exceedingly
अत्यन्तम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यन्त
नैभृत्यम्modesty; not displaying one’s prowess
नैभृत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनैभृत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विनयःhumility; good conduct
विनयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविनय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दमःself-control (sense-restraint)
दमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नकुलेin Nakula
नकुले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनकुल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अप्रातिरूप्यम्unmatched beauty; incomparable form
अप्रातिरूप्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअ-प्रातिरूप्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शौर्यम्valor
शौर्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशौर्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नियतानिfixed; certainly present
नियतानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
षट्six
षट्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootषष्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
N
Nakula

Educational Q&A

True excellence in a warrior is not mere strength but disciplined character: reverence for elders, modesty that avoids self-advertisement, humility, and self-control, with beauty and valor held in balance by ethical restraint.

Sañjaya, narrating the Kurukṣetra events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, pauses to describe Nakula’s established qualities, highlighting his moral and personal virtues alongside his martial courage within the larger war narrative.