Shloka 9

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

युद्धगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिघस्तथा । एतैश्वान्यैश्व बहुभिरययुक्तो गुणगणैर्मुनि:

Transliteration

yuddhagāndharvasevī ca sarvatrāpratighas tathā | etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir ayukto guṇagaṇair muniḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను—అతడు యుద్ధకళలకును గాంధర్వవిద్యకును (సంగీతాది సౌమ్యకళలకు) సేవకుడై, సర్వత్రా అప్రతిహతుడై—ఎక్కడా ప్రతిబంధకముచే ఆపబడనివాడై ఉండెను. ఓ మునీ, ఈ విధంగా అతడు ఇవి మరియు మరెన్నో గుణసమూహములతో సమన్వితుడై యుండెను.

Word by Word

• युद्ध: battle/war
• युद्ध: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, N/A (compound member), N/A

• गान्धर्व: music (gandharva-art)
• गान्धर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धर्व
• Form: Neuter, N/A (compound member), N/A

• सेवी: one who practices/engages in
• सेवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• अप्रतिघः: unobstructed/irresistible
• अप्रतिघः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्यैः: by other (qualities)
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अययुक्तः: endowed/possessed (lit. yoked with)
• अययुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुज् (न-युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणगणैः: with groups/collections of virtues
• गुणगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• muni (the addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ideal of cultivated excellence: true eminence is not only martial capability but also refinement through the arts, joined with a strength of presence that is not easily obstructed—an ethical portrait of a worthy figure described through accumulated virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a laudatory description of a person’s qualities, emphasizing his devotion to both warfare and Gandharva arts and stating that he moved without hindrance, being endowed with many virtues.