Shloka 35

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता तत: शक्रमाजुहाव यशस्विनी । अथाजगाम देवेन्द्रो जनयामास चार्जुनम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktā tataḥ Śakram ājuhāva yaśasvinī | athājagāma Devendro janayāmāsa cārjunam ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—ఇలా చెప్పబడిన తరువాత యశస్వినీ కుంతీ శక్రుని (ఇంద్రుని) ఆహ్వానించింది. అప్పుడు దేవేంద్రుడు వచ్చి అర్జునుని జన్మింపజేశాడు.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्ताhaving been spoken to / addressed

ततःthen; thereafter

शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)

आजुहावcalled; invoked

यशस्विनीthe illustrious (lady)

अथthen

आजगामcame; arrived

देवेन्द्रःlord of the gods (Indra)

जनयामासcaused to be born; begot

चand

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakra (Indra)

Devendra (Indra)

Arjuna

yaśasvinī (the illustrious lady—Kuntī in context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents divine birth as operating within a moral-cosmic order: through sanctioned invocation and divine response, a hero is born for a larger dharmic role, suggesting that power and lineage are ideally aligned with responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed, the illustrious woman invokes Indra (Śakra). Indra arrives, and Arjuna is conceived/begotten through him.