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Shloka 8

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

प्रादुरास्तां तथा दोर्भ्या संकर्षणधनंजयौ । दक्षिणे5थार्जुनो धन्‍वी हली रामश्न॒ सव्यत:

Transliteration

prādurāstāṃ tathā dorbhyāṃ saṅkarṣaṇadhanañjayau | dakṣiṇe 'thārjuno dhanvī halī rāmaś ca savyataḥ ||

Translation

அப்போது அவருடைய இரு கரங்களிலிருந்து சங்கர்ஷணன் (பலராமன்) மற்றும் தனஞ்சயன் (அர்ஜுனன்) வெளிப்பட்டனர். வலப்புறம் வில்லேந்திய அர்ஜுனன்; இடப்புறம் கலப்பை ஏந்திய ராமன் (பலராமன்) நின்றான்.

Word by Word

प्रादुर्manifest, forth

आस्ताम्were/appeared (let them be)

तथाthus, in that manner

दोर्भ्याम्by (the two) arms

संकर्षण-धनंजयौSankarshana and Dhananjaya (Balarama and Arjuna)

दक्षिणेin the right (arm/side)

अथthen, and

अर्जुनःArjuna

धन्वीbow-bearing, archer

हलीplough-bearing

रामःRama (Balarama)

सव्यतःfrom/on the left side

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Arjuna

Rāma (Balarāma)

bow (dhanus)

plough (hala)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents righteous power as structured and purposeful: the foremost defenders of dharma appear in an ordered way (right/left), suggesting that strength should serve moral order and protection rather than mere domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a wondrous manifestation in which Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa), the plough-bearer, and Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), the bowman, appear from the two arms—Arjuna on the right and Balarāma on the left—highlighting their roles as principal supports in the unfolding conflict.