Shloka 39

Āṇīmāṇḍavya–Upākhyāna

The Account of Āṇīmāṇḍavya and the Birth of Vidura

Devanagari script

यदस्त्रं वेद रामश्न तदेतस्मिन्‌ प्रतिष्ठितम्‌ । महेष्वासमिमं राजन्‌ राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्‌

Transliteration

yad astraṃ veda rāmaśna tad etasmin pratiṣṭhitam | maheṣvāsam imaṃ rājan rājadharmārthakovidam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Mọi môn binh khí mà Rāmaśna am tường đều đã vững bền kết tụ trong người này. Tâu Đại vương, xin hãy nhìn vị đại cung thủ ấy—kẻ tinh thông cả nguyên lý lẫn mục đích thực hành của vương pháp (rāja-dharma).”

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वेद: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतस्मिन्: in this (person)
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established/placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासम्: great archer (lit. great-bow)
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्: skilled in royal duty and polity/advantage
• राजधर्मार्थकोविदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजधर्मार्थकोविद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rāmaśna
• King (rājan)
• astra (weapon-lore)
• rājadharma (royal duty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True excellence in a ruler-warrior is not merely mastery of weapons (astra-vidyā) but also competence in rājadharma and artha—ethical governance joined with practical statecraft.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is praising a particular person before the king, stating that all the weapon-knowledge known by Rāmaśna is present in him, and highlighting him as a great archer who also understands the duties and aims of kingship.