Shloka 24

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

गत्वा वृष्ण्यन्धककुलं धनुर्वेदं ग्रहीष्यति । अस्त्राणि च विचित्राणि नीतिशास्त्रं च केवलम्‌

Transliteration

gatvā vṛṣṇyandhakakulaṃ dhanurvedaṃ grahīṣyati | astrāṇi ca vicitrāṇi nītiśāstraṃ ca kevalam ||

Translation

“وِرِشنی اور اَندھکوں کے کُل میں جا کر وہ دھنُروید سیکھے گا؛ اور طرح طرح کے عجیب و غریب اَستر-شستر، نیز خالص نیتی شاستر بھی حاصل کرے گا۔”

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• वृष्ण्यन्धककुलम्: the clan of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas
• वृष्ण्यन्धककुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• ग्रहीष्यति: he will learn/receive
• ग्रहीष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (Simple Future), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• विचित्राणि: various, wondrous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• नीतिशास्त्रम्: the treatise on polity/ethics
• नीतिशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीतिशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• केवलम्: pure, unmixed, only
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vṛṣṇis
• Andhakas
• Dhanurveda
• Astra (weapons)
• Nītiśāstra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Martial skill (dhanurveda and astras) should be paired with nīti—ethical and political discipline—so that strength serves dharma rather than personal impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a plan/prediction that the person in question will go to the Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka community to be trained in archery, advanced weaponry, and the principles of right conduct and governance.