Shloka 35

Devanagari script

विस्मृत्य कुरुराजानं तं च मन्दं जयद्रथम्‌ । अभिमन्योर्यथा जात: परिक्षित्‌ परवीरहा

Transliteration

vismṛtya kururājānaṃ taṃ ca mandaṃ jayadratham | abhimanyor yathā jātaḥ parīkṣit paravīrahā ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Забыв о царе куру и о том слабом Джаядратхе, от Абхиманью родился Парикшит — тот, кто станет губителем вражеских витязей. Повествование подчеркивает: будущая мощь рода и восстановление нравственного порядка (дхармы) достигаются не цеплянием за прежних владык или за мелких противников, но явлением достойного преемника, способного защитить царство».

Word by Word

विस्मृत्यhaving forgotten

कुरुराजानम्the Kuru king

तम्him

चand

मन्दम्the dull/weak

जयद्रथम्Jayadratha

अभिमन्योःof Abhimanyu

यथाas/just as

जातःborn/arisen

परिक्षित्Parikshit

परवीरहाslayer of enemy heroes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuru king (Kururāja)

Jayadratha

Abhimanyu

Parīkṣit

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 renewal after catastrophe: rather than remaining fixated on past rulers or lesser antagonists, the narrative turns to the birth of a capable heir. Ethically, it affirms the kṣatriya ideal of safeguarding social order through a worthy successor who can restrain hostile forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states that Parīkṣit was born in Abhimanyu’s line and is characterized as a future destroyer of enemy champions. The mention of the Kuru king and Jayadratha is dismissed as the focus shifts to Parīkṣit’s emergence and the restoration of the Kuru future.