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Shloka 9

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

युद्धगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिघस्तथा । एतैश्वान्यैश्व बहुभिरययुक्तो गुणगणैर्मुनि:

yuddhagāndharvasevī ca sarvatrāpratighas tathā | etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir ayukto guṇagaṇair muniḥ ||

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ യുദ്ധകലകളിലും ഗന്ധർവവിദ്യയിലും (സംഗീതാദി സുന്ദരകലകളിലും) നിഷ്ഠയുള്ളവനായിരുന്നു; എല്ലായിടത്തും അപ്രതിഹതൻ—വിരോധംകൊണ്ട് ഒരിക്കലും തടയപ്പെടാത്തവൻ. ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ മുനേ, ഇവയും മറ്റും അനേകം ഗുണസമൂഹങ്ങളും അവനിൽ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായിരുന്നു.

युद्धbattle/war
युद्ध:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, N/A (compound member), N/A
गान्धर्वmusic (gandharva-art)
गान्धर्व:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धर्व
FormNeuter, N/A (compound member), N/A
सेवीone who practices/engages in
सेवी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसेविन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वत्रeverywhere
सर्वत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वत्र
अप्रतिघःunobstructed/irresistible
अप्रतिघः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रतिघ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एतैःby these
एतैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यैःby other (qualities)
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बहुभिःby many
बहुभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अययुक्तःendowed/possessed (lit. yoked with)
अययुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअयुज् (न-युज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुणगणैःwith groups/collections of virtues
गुणगणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगुणगण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
muni (the addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents an ideal of cultivated excellence: true eminence is not only martial capability but also refinement through the arts, joined with a strength of presence that is not easily obstructed—an ethical portrait of a worthy figure described through accumulated virtues.

Vaiśampāyana continues a laudatory description of a person’s qualities, emphasizing his devotion to both warfare and Gandharva arts and stating that he moved without hindrance, being endowed with many virtues.