Shloka 10
ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit
प्रतर्दनो वसुमना: शिबिरौशीनरोडष्टक:
pratardano vasumanāḥ śibirauśīnarodaṣṭakaḥ
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഇവർ പ്രതർദനൻ, വസുമാനൻ, ശിബി, ഔശീനരൻ, ദഷ്ടകൻ.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
By naming renowned kings—especially figures like Śibi associated with self-sacrifice—Narada foregrounds ideals of dharma in rulership: generosity, protection of subjects, and moral excellence as the standard against which present political actors are implicitly measured.
Narada is listing notable royal figures in a sequence, functioning like a brief roll-call of exemplary kings/lineages. The verse contributes to a larger contextual framing in Udyoga Parva, where ethical models and precedents are recalled amid preparations and negotiations surrounding the impending conflict.