Shloka 106
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
Devanagari script
हिरण्यकवचा: सर्वे सर्वे चोत्तमधन्विन:
Transliteration
hiraṇyakavacāḥ sarve sarve cottamadhanvinaḥ |
Translation
हिरण्यकवचाः सर्वे सर्वे चोत्तमधन्विनः॥
Word by Word
हिरण्यकवचाःhaving golden armor
हिरण्यकवचाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यकवच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उत्तमधन्विनःexcellent bowmen
उत्तमधन्विनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तमधन्विन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Wind-god)G
golden armor (kavaca)B
bows/archery (dhanus implied by dhanvin)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse presents splendor and military excellence as outward markers of royal power; in the Śānti Parva’s ethical atmosphere, such power is implicitly to be restrained and directed by dharma, not treated as an end in itself.
Vāyu describes a group of princes/warriors as uniformly equipped with golden armor and renowned for superior archery, emphasizing their formidable status and resources.