Adi Parva Adhyaya 195 Shloka 15 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तथैव मुनिजा वार्क्षी तपोभिभर्भावितात्मन: । संगताभूद्‌ दश भ्रातृनेकनाम्न: प्रचेतस:

Transliteration

tathaiva munijā vārkṣī tapobhir bhāvitātmanaḥ | saṅgatābhūd daśa bhrātṝn ekanāmnaḥ pracetasaḥ ||

Translation

அதேபோல் கண்டு முனிவின் மகள் வார்க்ஷீ, தவத்தால் உள்ளம் தூய்மையும் வலிமையும் பெற்றவளாய், ஒரே பெயரால் அறியப்பட்ட சகோதரர்களான பத்து பிரசேதர்களுடன் திருமண உறவை ஏற்படுத்தினாள்.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

मुनिजाthe sage-born woman (daughter of a sage)

वार्क्षीVārkṣī (proper name)

तपोभिःby austerities

भर्भावितात्मनःof (one) whose inner self was purified/strengthened

संगताjoined, united

अभूत्became

दशten

भ्रातॄन्brothers

एकनाम्नःof the same name

प्रचेतसःof the Pracetases (a group of ten)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)

क

कण्डु मुनि (Sage Kaṇḍu)

व

वार्क्षी (Vārkṣī)

प

प्रचेतसः (the ten Pracetas brothers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas as a means of inner refinement (bhāvitātman) and presents marriage as a dharmic social bond that links lineages; ethical emphasis falls on purity of conduct and the orderly continuation of family lines.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recounts that Vārkṣī, the sage Kaṇḍu’s daughter, formed a marital union with the ten Pracetas brothers, who are collectively known by one shared name and are described as mutually united as brothers.