Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सो<न्वेषमाण: कौन्तेयं पाउ्चाल्यो जनमेजय । दृढ धनुरनानम्यं कारयामास भारत,भरतवंशी जनमेजय! पांचालनरेशने कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनको खोज निकालनेकी इच्छासे एक ऐसा दृढ़ धनुष बनवाया, जिसे दूसरा कोई झुका भी न सके

Transliteration

so 'nveṣamāṇaḥ kaunteyaṃ pāñcālyo janamejaya | dṛḍhaṃ dhanur anānamyaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Hỡi Janamejaya, vua xứ Pāñcāla, với ý định tìm cho ra con trai của Kuntī là Arjuna, đã cho làm một cây cung rắn chắc đến nỗi không người nào khác có thể uốn nổi.

Word by Word

सःhe

अन्वेषमाणःseeking

कौन्तेयम्Kunti's son (Arjuna)

पाञ्चाल्यःthe Panchala king (Drupada)

जनमेजयO Janamejaya

दृढम्firm, strong

धनुःbow

अनानम्यम्unbendable (not bendable by others)

कारयामासcaused (it) to be made / had (it) made

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Kaunteya (Arjuna)

Pāñcālya (Drupada, king of Pāñcāla)

Bow (dhanus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate recognition is tied to demonstrated excellence and fitness for duty: the unbendable bow functions as an ethical filter, ensuring that the chosen hero is revealed through capability, not mere assertion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drupada, king of Pāñcāla, wants to locate Arjuna and therefore commissions an exceptionally strong bow—one that others cannot even bend—setting up a test by which Arjuna can be identified.