Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

इहैव पाण्डवा: सर्वे तथैवान्धकवृष्णय: । इहादित्याश्र रुद्राक्ष वसवश्च महर्षिभि:

Transliteration

ihaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve tathaivāndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ | ihādityāś ca rudrāś ca vasavaś ca maharṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Ngay tại đây có đủ các Pāṇḍava; và tại đây cũng có các dũng sĩ của dòng Andhaka và Vṛṣṇi. Tại đây có các Āditya và các Rudra, cùng các Vasu, lại có cả những bậc đại hiền triết.”

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable (adverb)

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• अन्धकवृष्णयः: the Andhakas and the Vrishnis
• अन्धकवृष्णयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकवृष्णि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• आदित्याः: the Adityas
• आदित्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• रुद्राः: the Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• महर्षिभिः: with the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis
• Ādityas
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Maharṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the political crisis as occurring under the gaze of divine and sage-like orders, implying that decisions about war are not merely strategic but ethically accountable within a larger dharmic cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator points out who is present: the Pāṇḍavas and the allied Yādava clans (Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis), along with groups of gods (Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus) and great seers—emphasizing the magnitude and solemnity of the gathering.