Shloka 9

ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः

Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence

Devanagari script

अनन्ता हाक्षया नित्यं भोगिन: सुमहाबला: | तेषां कुलोद्भवा ये च महाभूता भुजड़मा:

Transliteration

anantā hākṣayā nityaṃ bhoginaḥ sumahābalāḥ | teṣāṃ kulodbhavā ye ca mahābhūtā bhujaḍmāḥ ||

Translation

ఆ భోగులు (నాగులు) అనంతులు, నిత్యులు, అక్షయులు—అత్యంత మహాబలవంతులు. వారి కులంలో పుట్టిన మహాభూతస్వరూప భుజంగములు కూడా బలమైన భుజాలతో పరాక్రమశాలులు.

Word by Word

अनन्ताःendless, innumerable

अक्षयाःimperishable

नित्यम्always

भोगिनःserpents (the hooded ones)

सु-महा-बलाःvery great in strength

तेषाम्of them

कुल-उद्भवाःborn in their lineage

येwho, those who

चand

महाभूताःgreat beings

भुजङ्गमाःserpents

Speaker

रेणुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Reṇukā

Bhogin (Nāga/serpent beings)

Mahābhūta (great beings/elemental beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the vast, enduring power of certain beings (nāgas and related great beings) and highlights the significance of lineage—how extraordinary qualities are understood as continuing through a clan or family line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Reṇukā is describing a class of mighty serpent-beings as innumerable and inexhaustible in power, and she adds that other great beings arising from their lineage are likewise formidable and strong-armed.