Shloka 66

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 103 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Gāndhārī Vivāha: Proposal, Consent, and the Vow

Devanagari script

तयो: पाणी गृहीत्वा तु रूपयौवनदर्पित: । विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा कामात्मा समपद्यत,उन दोनोंका पाणिग्रहण करके रूप और यौवनके अभिमानसे भरे हुए धर्मात्मा विचित्रवीर्य कामात्मा बन गये

Transliteration

tayoḥ pāṇī gṛhītvā tu rūpa-yauvana-darpitaḥ | vicitravīryo dharmātmā kāmātmā samapadyata ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：维奇特拉维里耶在婚礼中执起那两位女子之手之后，虽本性端正，却因自恃容貌与青春而生骄醉，终为欲念所夺。

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two (women)
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, genitive, dual

• पाणी: two hands
• पाणी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: masculine, accusative, dual

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रूपयौवनदर्पितः: proud (inflated) due to beauty and youth
• रूपयौवनदर्पितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपयौवनदर्पित
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विचित्रवीर्यः: Vichitravīrya
• विचित्रवीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचित्रवीर्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कामात्मा: lustful-souled; driven by desire
• कामात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समपद्यत: became; came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), parasmaipada, third, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vicitravīrya
• the two brides (Ambikā and Ambālikā, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical warning: dharma is not merely a label but a lived discipline. Pride in beauty and youth (rūpa-yauvana-darpa) can overpower a righteous temperament, turning one into a kāmātmā—someone led by desire—unless self-restraint is maintained.

What is happening in the narrative?

After marrying the two princesses (contextually Ambikā and Ambālikā), King Vicitravīrya takes their hands in the formal act of marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa). Thereafter, he becomes absorbed in sensual enjoyment, driven by desire and vanity.