Shloka 3
उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas
यः किंपुरुषसिंहस्य गन्धमादनवासिन: । कृत्स्नं शिष्यो धरनुर्वेदं चतुष्पादमवाप्तवान्,जिसने गन्धमादननिवासी किंपुरुषप्रवर द्रुमका शिष्य होकर चारों पादोंसे युक्त सम्पूर्ण धनुर्वेदकी शिक्षा प्राप्त की थी
yaḥ kiṃpuruṣasiṃhasya gandhamādanavāsinaḥ | kṛtsnaṃ śiṣyo dhanuḥvedaṃ catuṣpādam avāptavān |
ഗന്ധമാദനത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്ന കിംപുരുഷശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ദ്രുമകന്റെ ശിഷ്യനായി, നാലു പാദങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായ ധനുർവേദം മുഴുവനായി അവൻ അഭ്യസിച്ചിരുന്നതായിരുന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True mastery—especially of martial knowledge—comes through disciplined discipleship and learning the complete, structured tradition (here, the ‘fourfold’ Dhanuḥveda), implying responsibility and restraint alongside skill.
The narrator identifies a figure by describing his training: he studied under Drumaka, a renowned Kiṃpuruṣa living on Gandhamādana, and fully learned Dhanuḥveda in its complete four-part form.