Shloka 39

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

आहुक: पुनरस्माभिज्जातिभिश्चापि सत्कृत: । उग्रसेन: कृतो राजा भोजराजन्यवर्धन:,“तदनन्तर हम सब कुटुम्बीजनोंने मिलकर भोज-वंशी क्षत्रियोंकी उन्नति करनेवाले आहुक उग्रसेनको सत्कारपूर्वक पुनः राजा बना दिया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

āhukaḥ punar asmābhir jātibhiś cāpi satkṛtaḥ |

ugrasenaḥ kṛto rājā bhojarājanyavardhanaḥ ||

Translation

ତାହା ପରେ ଆମେ ସମସ୍ତ କୁଟୁମ୍ବୀଜନ ଏକତ୍ର ହୋଇ, ଭୋଜବଂଶୀ କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟମାନଙ୍କ ମର୍ଯ୍ୟାଦା ଓ ସମୃଦ୍ଧି ବଢ଼ାଇବାକୁ ସକ୍ଷମ ଆହୁକବଂଶୀ ଉଗ୍ରସେନଙ୍କୁ ସତ୍କାରସହିତ ପୁନଃ ସିଂହାସନରେ ବସାଇ ରାଜା କଲୁ।

Word by Word

• आहुकः: Ahuka (name)
• आहुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• जातिभिः: with (our) kinsmen/people of the clan
• जातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सत्कृतः: honoured, respectfully received
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उग्रसेनः: Ugrasena (name)
• उग्रसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतः: was made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत
• Form: Past (PPP), —, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोजराजन्यवर्धनः: one who increases the Bhoja Kshatriyas (Bhoja nobles)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोज-राजन्य-वर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Āhuka
• Ugrasena
• Bhoja
• Rājanya (Kṣatriya order)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic responsibility of a community to uphold rightful governance: honouring and reinstating a legitimate king strengthens the Kṣatriya order and preserves social stability, showing that political authority should be grounded in collective duty and propriety rather than usurpation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the clan/kinsmen collectively honoured the rightful ruler and re-established Ugrasena (identified with the Āhuka line) as king, an act described as promoting the prosperity and standing of the Bhoja Kṣatriyas.