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Shloka 2

Arjuna Restores a Brāhmaṇa’s Cattle and Accepts Forest Exile

Satya-vrata at Khaṇḍavaprastha

यथैव पाण्डोस्ते वीरा: कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथा: । तथैव धर्मत: सर्वे मम पुत्रा न संशय:,कुन्तीके वीर महारथी पुत्र जैसे पाण्डुके लड़के हैं, उसी प्रकार धर्मकी दृष्टिसे वे सब मेरे भी पुत्र हैं-“-इसमें संशय नहीं है

yathaiva pāṇḍos te vīrāḥ kuntīputrā mahārathāḥ | tathaiva dharmataḥ sarve mama putrā na saṁśayaḥ ||

ดุจเดียวกับที่วีรบุรุษเหล่านั้น—โอรสแห่งกุนตี ผู้เป็นมหารถี—เป็นของปาณฑุ ฉันใด ในทัศนะแห่งธรรมะ พวกเขาทั้งหมดก็เป็นบุตรของเราด้วย ฉันนั้น—หาได้มีข้อสงสัยไม่

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पाण्डोःof Pāṇḍu
पाण्डोः:
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वीराःheroes
वीराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कुन्ती-पुत्राःsons of Kuntī
कुन्ती-पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्तीपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महा-रथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महा-रथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाso/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
धर्मतःaccording to dharma/right
धर्मतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधर्म
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ममmy/of me
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not/no
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
P
Pāṇḍu
K
Kuntī
K
Kuntīputras (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

Vidura affirms an ethical form of kinship: beyond biological lineage, dharma creates a binding responsibility to treat the righteous heirs as one’s own, emphasizing impartial duty and moral guardianship.

In counsel and reflection on the heirs of the Kuru line, Vidura speaks of the Pāṇḍavas—Pāṇḍu’s sons through Kuntī—as heroic warriors, and declares that by dharma he regards them as his own sons, underscoring his protective, non-partisan stance.