Shloka 32

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

दर्शनीयं च शूरं च माद्रीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

darśanīyaṃ ca śūraṃ ca mādrīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! മാദ്രിയുടെ പുത്രൻ ദർശനീയനും ശൂരനും ആയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• दर्शनीयम्: worthy to be seen, handsome
• दर्शनीयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शूरम्: brave, heroic
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माद्रीपुत्रम्: son of Madri
• माद्रीपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Mādrī
• Mādrī’s son (Nakula/Sahadeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ideal of kṣatriya excellence: outer grace (darśanīya) joined with inner courage (śūra). In epic ethics, true worth is not merely appearance or lineage, but the harmony of admirable presence with proven valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating to Janamejaya, reports a description addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira, praising Mādrī’s son as both handsome and heroic—an identifying commendation of one of the Pandava twins (most often Nakula) within the ongoing account.