Shloka 6

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

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

Devanagari script

मनस्युरभवत्‌ तस्माच्छूरसेनीसुत: प्रभु: । पृथिव्याश्षतुरन्ताया गोप्ता राजीवलोचन:,प्रवीरके पुत्रका नाम मनस्यु था, जो शूरसेनीके पुत्र और शक्तिशाली थे। कमलके समान नेत्रवाले मनस्युने चारों समुद्रोंसे घिरी हुई समस्त पृथ्वीका पालन किया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

manasyur abhavat tasmāc chūrasenīsutaḥ prabhuḥ |

pṛthivyāś caturantāyā goptā rājīvalocanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Dele nasceu Manasyu, o poderoso filho de Śūrasenī. De olhos de lótus, Manasyu tornou-se o protetor e soberano de toda a terra, circundada pelos mares nas quatro direções, sustentando a ordem régia em todo o domínio.

Word by Word

मनस्युःManasyu (proper name)

अभवत्was/became

तस्मात्from him/therefore

शूरसेनी-सुतःson of a Śūrasenī (woman of the Śūrasena people)

प्रभुःlord, powerful one

पृथिव्याःof the earth

चतुरन्तायाःfour-bounded (i.e., bounded by four seas)

गोप्ताprotector, ruler

राजीव-लोचनःlotus-eyed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Manasyu

Śūrasenī

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of kingship: a ruler is foremost a goptā—one who protects and sustains order over the whole realm, not merely one who possesses power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical account, stating that Manasyu was born in the lineage, describing him as powerful, lotus-eyed, and as a protector-ruler of the earth extending to the four ends.