Shloka 30

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

तस्य तत्‌ कौशल श्रुत्वा धनुर्वेदजिघृक्षव: । राजानो राजपुत्राश्न समाजग्मु: सहस्रश:,द्रोणाचार्यका वह अस्त्रकौशल सुनकर सहस्रों राजा और राजकुमार धरनुर्वेदकी शिक्षा लेनेके लिये वहाँ एकत्रित हो गये

Transliteration

tasya tat kauśalaṃ śrutvā dhanurvedajighṛkṣavaḥ | rājāno rājaputrāś ca samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ครั้นได้ยินกิตติศัพท์แห่งความชำนาญในศัสตราวุธของเขา เหล่ากษัตริย์และราชกุมารผู้ใคร่จะเรียน ‘ธนุรเวท’ ก็พากันมาชุมนุม ณ ที่นั้นนับเป็นพัน ๆ”

Word by Word

तस्यof him/its

तत्that (thing)

कौशलम्skill, proficiency

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

धनुर्वेद-जिघृक्षवःdesiring to learn/obtain the science of archery

राजानःkings

राजपुत्राःprinces (sons of kings)

चand

समाजग्मुःassembled, came together

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Droṇācārya (implied by context: ‘his skill’ and the Gītā Press gloss)

Dhanurveda

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?

Excellence in a discipline, especially one as consequential as martial knowledge, should be pursued through qualified instruction; genuine merit naturally attracts seekers, including rulers, toward structured learning under a capable teacher.

What is happening in the narrative?

News spreads of Droṇa’s extraordinary mastery of weapons and archery; consequently, numerous kings and princes converge to study Dhanurveda under him.