Shloka 60
अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः
Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration
प्रतीपं धर्मनेत्रं च सुनेत्रं चापि भारत । प्रतीप: प्रथितस्तेषां बभूवाप्रतिमो भुवि
pratīpaṃ dharmanetraṃ ca sunetraṃ cāpi bhārata | pratīpaḥ prathitasteṣāṃ babhūvāpratimo bhuvi ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Bhārata, kabilang sa kanila sina Pratīpa, Dharmanetra, at si Sunetra rin. Si Pratīpa ang naging pinakabantog sa kanilang angkan, walang kapantay sa ibabaw ng daigdig.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of dharmic kingship through lineage memory: a ruler’s true distinction is measured by enduring fame grounded in virtue (dharma), so that he becomes ‘incomparable’ not merely by power but by righteous conduct.
Vaiśampāyana continues the genealogical account in the Ādi Parva, naming notable figures in the ancestral line and emphasizing that Pratīpa, among them, became especially celebrated and unmatched on earth.