Shloka 4

सुभद्राहरणम्

Subhadrā-haraṇa: Arjuna’s Taking of Subhadrā and the Dvārakā Assembly’s Response

Devanagari script

वर्तमानेषु धर्मेण पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । व्यवर्धन्‌ कुरव: सर्वे हीनदोषा: सुखान्विता:,महात्मा पाण्डवोंके धर्मानुसार बर्ताव करनेके कारण समस्त कुरुवंशी निर्दोष एवं सुखी रहकर निरन्तर उन्नति करने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

vartamāneṣu dharmeṇa pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu |

vyavardhan kuravaḥ sarve hīna-doṣāḥ sukhānvitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi các Pāṇḍava đại hồn hành xử đúng theo dharma, toàn thể dòng Kuru đều thịnh vượng—không vướng lỗi lầm và tràn đầy an lạc.

Word by Word

वर्तमानेषुwhile (they) were present/acting

धर्मेणby/according to dharma

पाण्डवेषुamong the Pāṇḍavas

महात्मसुgreat-souled (ones)

व्यवर्धन्grew/prospered

कुरवःthe Kurus

सर्वेall

हीनदोषाःfree from faults

सुखान्विताःendowed with happiness

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kurus

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?

The verse links collective well-being to righteous leadership and conduct: when exemplary figures live by dharma, the broader society becomes more harmonious, less blameworthy, and more prosperous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a period when the Pāṇḍavas, characterized as noble and dharma-abiding, were active; during this time the entire Kuru community is said to have advanced in prosperity and happiness, with diminished moral failings.