Shloka 13

Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya

Hastināpura

Devanagari script

अनाधृष्य: कुण्डभेदी विरावी चित्रकुण्डल: । प्रमथश्न प्रमाथी च दीर्घरोमश्न वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

anādhṛṣyaḥ kuṇḍabhedī virāvī citrakuṇḍalaḥ | pramathaś ca pramāthī ca dīrgharomā ca vīryavān ||

Translation

अनाधृष्यः कुण्डभेदी विरावी चित्रकुण्डलः। प्रमथश्च प्रमाथी च दीर्घरोमा च वीर्यवान्॥

Word by Word

• अनाधृष्यः: invincible; unassailable
• अनाधृष्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाधृष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुण्डभेदी: earring-splitter; one who pierces earrings
• कुण्डभेदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डभेदिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विरावी: roarer; one who makes a loud cry
• विरावी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चित्रकुण्डलः: having variegated/beautiful earrings
• चित्रकुण्डलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रकुण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमथः: Pramatha (a name)
• प्रमथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमाथी: Pramāthin (a name); crusher/subduer
• प्रमाथी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दीर्घरोमाः: Long-haired (a name); one with long hair
• दीर्घरोमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घरोमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful; possessed of valor/strength
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Anādhṛṣya
• Kuṇḍabhedī
• Virāvī
• Citrakuṇḍala
• Pramatha
• Pramāthī
• Dīrgharomā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even seemingly neutral genealogical lists carry ethical weight in the Mahābhārata: names that glorify invincibility and violent prowess hint at a culture of power and prestige. When such power is not restrained by dharma (self-control, justice, responsibility), it becomes a seed of conflict and downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues reciting to King Janamejaya the names of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (the Kaurava princes). This verse gives a short cluster of names and epithets, part of the larger catalog of the hundred sons.