Shloka 50

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

विचित्रवीर्यक्षित्राडदक्ष॒ । तयोरप्राप्तपयौवन एव चित्राड़दो गन्धर्वेण हत:; विचित्रवीर्यस्तु राजा5डसीत्‌,जिनका नाम था, विचित्रवीर्य और चित्रांगद। उनमेंसे चित्रांगद युवावस्थामें पदार्पण करनेसे पहले ही एक गन्धर्वके द्वारा मारे गये; परंतु विचित्रवीर्य राजा हुए

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | vicitravīryaś citrāṅgadaś ca | tayor aprāptapauruṣaḥ (aprāptayauvana) eva citrāṅgado gandharveṇa hataḥ; vicitravīryas tu rājābhavat |

Translation

毗舍ṃ帕耶那说：二人名为毗奇特罗毗梨耶与质多罗昂伽陀。其中质多罗昂伽陀尚未及冠，便被一位乾闼婆所杀；而毗奇特罗毗梨耶则继位为王。

Word by Word

विचित्रवीर्यःVichitravirya (proper name)

चित्राङ्गदःChitrangada (proper name)

तयोःof those two

अप्राप्तnot having attained

पयौवनःyouth (state of youth)

एवindeed/just

चित्राङ्गदःChitrangada

गन्धर्वेणby a Gandharva

हतःkilled/slain

विचित्रवीर्यःVichitravirya

तुbut/however

राजाking

आसीत्was

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vicitravīrya

Citrāṅgada

Gandharva

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?

Royal duty and lineage (rājadharma) are vulnerable to sudden loss; when an heir dies unexpectedly, the responsibility of protecting the realm and continuing the dynasty shifts to the surviving successor, highlighting impermanence and the ethical weight of kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana identifies two princes, Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya. Citrāṅgada is killed by a Gandharva before reaching youth, and consequently Vicitravīrya ascends the throne.