Shloka 9

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोण: पाण्डुपुत्रानस्त्राणि विविधानि च । ग्राहयामास दिव्यानि मानुषाणि च वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

tato droṇaḥ pāṇḍuputrān astrāṇi vividhāni ca | grāhayāmāsa divyāni mānuṣāṇi ca vīryavān |

Translation

பின்னர் வல்லமைமிக்க துரோணாசாரியர் பாண்டு புதல்வர்களுக்கு (மற்ற சீடர்களுக்கும்) பலவகைத் தெய்வீகமும் மனிதமும் ஆன அஸ்திர-சஸ்திரக் கல்வியைப் போதிக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुपुत्रान्: the sons of Pandu (the Pandavas)
• पाण्डुपुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missile weapons)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• विविधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• ग्राहयामास: made (them) learn / caused to be taught
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) / ग्राहयति (णिच्-प्रयोगः)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative sense

• दिव्यानि: divine, celestial
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मानुषाणि: human, earthly
• मानुषाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• वीर्यवान्: powerful, valiant
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍuputras (Pāṇḍavas)
• Astra (weapon-systems, missiles)
• Divya-astras (celestial weapons)
• Mānuṣa-astras (human weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge—especially martial knowledge—must be transmitted through disciplined training under a competent teacher, and its true worth depends on the student’s restraint and commitment to dharma; power without ethical governance becomes dangerous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Droṇa begins formally training the sons of Pāṇḍu (and other students) in a wide range of weapon-sciences, including both ordinary human arms and extraordinary celestial missiles.