Shloka 9

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

युद्धगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिघस्तथा । एतैश्वान्यैश्व बहुभिरययुक्तो गुणगणैर्मुनि:

Transliteration

yuddhagāndharvasevī ca sarvatrāpratighas tathā | etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir ayukto guṇagaṇair muniḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Chàng chuyên tâm nơi nghệ thuật chiến trận và học thuật Gandharva (âm nhạc cùng những tinh hoa tao nhã), lại đi đến đâu cũng không bị ngăn trở—chưa từng bị đối phương cản bước. Vì thế, hỡi bậc hiền triết, chàng được trang bị bởi những phẩm chất ấy và còn vô số cụm đức hạnh khác.

Word by Word

• युद्ध: battle/war
• युद्ध: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, N/A (compound member), N/A

• गान्धर्व: music (gandharva-art)
• गान्धर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धर्व
• Form: Neuter, N/A (compound member), N/A

• सेवी: one who practices/engages in
• सेवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• अप्रतिघः: unobstructed/irresistible
• अप्रतिघः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• अन्यैः: by other (qualities)
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अययुक्तः: endowed/possessed (lit. yoked with)
• अययुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुज् (न-युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणगणैः: with groups/collections of virtues
• गुणगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• muni (the addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an ideal of cultivated excellence: true eminence is not only martial capability but also refinement through the arts, joined with a strength of presence that is not easily obstructed—an ethical portrait of a worthy figure described through accumulated virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a laudatory description of a person’s qualities, emphasizing his devotion to both warfare and Gandharva arts and stating that he moved without hindrance, being endowed with many virtues.