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Shloka 40

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

एष मद्रान्‌ वशे कृत्वा कुरूंश्व सह सोमकै: । चेदिकाशिकरूषांश्व॒ कुरुलक्ष्मीं वहिष्पति,“तुम्हारा यह वीर पुत्र मद्र, कुर, सोमक, चेदि, काशि तथा करूष नामक देशोंको वशमें करके कुरुवंशकी लक्ष्मीका पालन करेगा

vaiśampāyana uvāca | eṣa madrān vaśe kṛtvā kurūṃś ca saha somakaiḥ | cedikāśikarūṣāṃś ca kurulakṣmīṃ vahiṣyati ||

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า— “บุตรผู้กล้าของเจ้าจักทำชาวมทราให้อยู่ในอำนาจ ครอบงำเหล่ากุรุพร้อมด้วยโสมกะ และยังพิชิตเจดี กาศี และกรูษะ แล้วจักค้ำจุนลักษมีและสิริราชสมบัติแห่งวงศ์กุรุไว้”

एषःthis (man/one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मद्रान्the Madras (people/country)
मद्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमद्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वशेin subjection/under control
वशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made (having brought)
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite
कुरून्the Kurus
कुरून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
सोमकैःwith the Somakas
सोमकैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसोमक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
चेदिकाशिकरूषान्the Cedis, Kāśis, and Karūṣas
चेदिकाशिकरूषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचेदि + काशि + करूष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कुरुलक्ष्मीम्the prosperity/glory of the Kurus
कुरुलक्ष्मीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु + लक्ष्मी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वहिष्यतिwill bear/maintain
वहिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
FormFuture (लृट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
Madra
K
Kuru
S
Somaka
C
Cedi
K
Kāśi
K
Karūṣa
K
Kuru-lakṣmī (prosperity of the Kuru dynasty)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames ideal kingship as the capacity to establish order (vaśe kṛtvā) and thereby protect the dynasty’s welfare (kurulakṣmīṃ vahiṣyati). Power is presented as legitimate when it results in stability, protection, and the sustained prosperity of the realm and lineage.

Vaiśampāyana reports a prediction or assurance about a certain ‘heroic son’: he will subdue multiple neighboring peoples—Madra, Kuru with Somaka, Cedi, Kāśi, and Karūṣa—and will maintain the splendor and prosperity of the Kuru house.