Shloka 23

धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः

Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue

Devanagari script

ततो<5थिजम्मु: सर्वे ते धनुर्वेदं महारथा: । धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाश्वैव पाण्डवा: सह यादवै:,धृतराष्ट्रके महारथी पुत्र, पाण्डव तथा यादव--सबने उन्हीं कृपाचार्यसे धनुर्वेदका अध्ययन किया

Transliteration

tato ’dhijagmuḥ sarve te dhanurvedaṁ mahārathāḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāś caiva pāṇḍavāḥ saha yādavaiḥ ||

Translation

پھر دھرتراشٹر کے بیٹے، پاندو کے بیٹے اور یادیوں سمیت وہ سب مہارَتھی دھنُروید میں مہارت حاصل کرنے لگے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अधिजग्मुः: approached / went to (for learning)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनुर्वेदम्: the science of archery
• धनुर्वेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाः: sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रात्मजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र-आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• यादवैः: with the Yādavas
• यादवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāḥ (Kauravas)
• Pāṇḍavāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)
• Yādavāḥ (Yādavas)
• Dhanurveda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal that martial knowledge (dhanurveda) is a disciplined science to be learned under proper guidance, and it implicitly points to the ethical tension that the same education can serve either protection of dharma or destructive rivalry, depending on character and intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states that the principal royal youths—Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, the Pāṇḍavas, and the Yādavas—proceeded to study dhanurveda and became great warriors, setting the stage for later competitions and the eventual conflict.