Shloka 20

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

तब महाबाहु जनार्दनने धृतराष्ट्रसे कहा--“कुरुनन्दन! आपको दो अदृश्य नेत्र प्राप्त हो जाया ।।

Transliteration

tatrādbhutaṃ mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cakṣuṣī | labdhavān vāsudevāc ca viśvarūpa-didṛkṣayā ||

Translation

Tại đó, tâu Đại vương, đã xảy ra một điều kỳ diệu: Dhṛtarāṣṭra được Vāsudeva ban cho hai con mắt siêu phàm, vì khát vọng được chiêm ngưỡng Thế Thân vũ trụ của Ngài.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अद्भुतम्: a wonder, marvelous (thing)
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• चक्षुषी: two eyes
• चक्षुषी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• लब्धवान्: obtained, got
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवात्: from Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• विश्व-रूप-दिदृक्षया: by/with the desire to see the universal form
• विश्व-रूप-दिदृक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिदृक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Janamejaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Extraordinary perception (divine vision) is portrayed as a gift of grace enabling insight into a higher reality (viśvarūpa). The ethical implication is that receiving greater vision should lead to greater responsibility and right judgment, not merely amazement.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the course of the Udyoga Parva narration, it is stated that Dhṛtarāṣṭra receives two supernatural eyes from Vāsudeva so that he may behold the Lord’s universal form (viśvarūpa).