Shloka 15

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

अपालयत्‌ सर्ववर्णान्‌ पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान्‌ । यजमानो महायज्जैत्रद्वाणेभ्यो धनं ददौ

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

apālayat sarvavarṇān pitā putrān ivaurasān |

yajamāno mahāyajñair dvijebhyo dhanaṃ dadau ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်— သူသည် ဖခင်က မိမိ၏ တရားဝင်သားများကို ပြုစုသကဲ့သို့ ဝဏ္ဏ (လူမှုအလွှာ) အားလုံးကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်하였다။ မဟာယဇ္ဉများကို ယဇမာန (ပူဇော်ပွဲအုပ်ထိန်းသူ) အဖြစ် ကျင်းပကာ နှစ်ကြိမ်မွေး (ဒွိဇ) တို့—အထူးသဖြင့် ဘြာဟ္မဏတို့—အား ဥစ္စာဓနကို ပေးကမ်းလှူဒါန်း하였다။

Word by Word

• अपालयत्: protected, maintained
• अपालयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (पालने)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• सर्ववर्णान्: all the social classes (varṇas)
• सर्ववर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ववर्ण
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• पिता: a father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• औरसान्: legitimate (born of one’s own body)
• औरसान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औरस् (→ औरस)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• यजमानः: the sacrificer (patron of the sacrifice)
• यजमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महायज्ञैः: with great sacrifices
• महायज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायज्ञ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• त्रैद्वाणेभ्यः: to the learned Brahmins (knowers of the Veda)
• त्रैद्वाणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैद्वाण (त्रैद्वाण = वेदविद्/ब्राह्मण)
• Form: masculine, dative, plural

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyūṣitāśva
• sarva-varṇa (all social orders)
• dvija (twice-born, especially Brahmins)
• mahāyajña (great sacrifices)
• dhana (wealth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ideal kingship is framed as dharmic guardianship: a ruler should protect all sections of society impartially, like a father to his own children, and uphold sacred institutions through yajña and generous giving—especially supporting learned and ritual specialists.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues praising King Vyūṣitāśva: he is described as maintaining all varṇas with paternal care and, as a yajamāna, performing great sacrifices and distributing wealth to the dvijas.