Shloka 49

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration

Devanagari script

राजल्वे तं प्रजा: सर्वा धर्मज्ञ इति वव्रिरे । तस्य नाम्नाभिविख्यातं॑ पृथिव्यां कुरुजाज्लम्‌,कुरुको धर्मज्ञ मानकर सम्पूर्ण प्रजावर्गके लोगोंने स्वयं उनका राजाके पदपर वरण किया। उन्हींके नामसे पृथ्वीपर कुरुजांगलदेश प्रसिद्ध हुआ

Transliteration

rājalve taṃ prajāḥ sarvā dharmajña iti vavṛre | tasya nāmnābhivikhyātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ kurujāṅgalam ||

Translation

ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରଜା ତାଙ୍କୁ ‘ଧର୍ମଜ୍ଞ’ ବୋଲି ସ୍ତୁତି କରି ରାଜା ଭାବେ ବରଣ କଲେ। ତାଙ୍କ ନାମରୁ ହିଁ ପୃଥିବୀରେ ସେ ଦେଶ ‘କୁରୁଜାଙ୍ଗଲ’ ନାମେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• राजल्वे: in/for Rajalva (as king Rajalva)
• राजल्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजल्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रजाः: the subjects/people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मज्ञः: knower of dharma/righteous
• धर्मज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वव्रिरे: they chose/elected
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नाम्ना: by (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिविख्यातम्: became well-known
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-वि-ख्या (धातु) / अभिविख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कुरुजाङ्गलम्: Kuru-jāṅgala (the region named so)
• कुरुजाङ्गलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुजाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• prajāḥ (the subjects/people)
• Kurujāṅgala (region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s authority is ethically grounded in dharma and affirmed by the people; when a king is recognized as dharmajña, his personal virtue becomes a source of social order and lasting renown.

What is happening in the narrative?

The people collectively select a king praised as a knower of dharma, and the land becomes famous by association with his name, being known as Kurujāṅgala.