Shloka 103

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

कवची निषज्जी दण्डी दण्डधारो धरनुग्रहः । उग्रो भीमरथो वीरो वीरबाहुरलोलुप:

Transliteration

kavacī niṣajjī daṇḍī daṇḍadhāro dharanugrahaḥ | ugro bhīmaratho vīro vīrabāhur alolupaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ဆို၏— «သူသည် သံချပ်ကာဝတ်ဆင်၍ အမြဲအသင့်ရှိသူ၊ တုတ်ကို ကိုင်ဆောင်ကာ ထိုတုတ်ကို ကိုင်တွယ်ရာ၌ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ၊ မြေကြီးကို ထောက်မကာကွယ်ပေးသော အားထားရသူဖြစ်၏။ အင်အားပြင်းထန်၍ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ရထားစစ်တပ်ရှိကာ တကယ့်သူရဲကောင်း—လက်မောင်းခိုင်မာ၍ လောဘကင်းသူ»။

Word by Word

कवचीarmored, wearing armor

निषज्जीwith quiver (having arrows ready)

दण्डीstaff-bearing, armed with a rod

दण्डधारःholder of a staff

धरनुग्रहःfavor/support of the earth (protector of the land)

उग्रःfierce, formidable

भीमरथःof terrible chariot (having a fearsome chariot)

वीरःhero, warrior

वीरबाहुःhaving heroic arms

अलोलुपःnot greedy, unavaricious

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

daṇḍa (staff/rod of authority)

kavaca (armour)

ratha (chariot)

dharaṇī (earth/realm)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a ruler/warrior whose power is legitimate because it is disciplined and protective: he is ready and armed, capable of enforcing order (daṇḍa), supports the realm (dharaṇī), and yet remains alolupa—free from greed. Ethical strength is shown as restraint joined to responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a formidable figure through a string of epithets—armoured, prepared, staff-bearing, fierce, chariot-mighty, heroic, strong-armed, and non-greedy—typical of Mahābhārata character-introductions that establish martial capacity alongside moral qualities.