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Shloka 10

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

उन सबके रूप और प्रभाव एक समान थे, वे सभी बलवान्‌ तथा युद्धमें शोभा पानेवाले थे। उन्होंने धनुर्वेद और वेदके सभी विषयोंमें परिश्रम किया था ।।

teṣāṁ sarveṣāṁ rūpaṁ prabhāvaś ca samānaḥ; sarve balavanto yuddhe śobhāṁ prāptum arhantaḥ. te dhanuḥvede ca vede ca sarvaviṣayeṣu pariśramaṁ kṛtavantaḥ. kāśiṣv api nṛpo rājan divodāsa-pitāmahaḥ; haryaśva iti vikhyāto babhūva jayatāṁ varaḥ.

毗湿摩说道:“他们全都形貌与威势无二——强健有力,足以在战场上耀目生辉;在弓术之学与吠陀诸支中,皆曾勤勉用功。就在那段时日里,大王啊,迦尸国有一位名闻遐迩的君主,号哈利耶湿瓦(Haryaśva),乃提沃达萨(Divodāsa)之祖父;他被视为诸多常胜英雄中的翘楚。”

काशिषुin (the region of) Kashi
काशिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
अपिalso/indeed
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नृपःking
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दिवोदासof Divodasa
दिवोदास:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिवोदास
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पितामहःgrandfather/forefather
पितामहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हर्यश्वःHaryashva (proper name)
हर्यश्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहर्यश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विख्यातःrenowned, famous
विख्यातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्यात (ख्यात)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular
जयताम्of those who conquer / of the victorious
जयताम्:
Sambandha
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormPresent active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
वरःbest, excellent
वरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
K
Kāśī
H
Haryaśva
D
Divodāsa
D
Dhanuḥveda
V
Veda

Educational Q&A

Excellence in kingship and warfare is grounded in disciplined training: mastery of martial science (dhanuḥveda) should be joined with broad Vedic learning, producing strength tempered by knowledge and rightful conduct.

Bhīṣma describes a group of equally formidable men, trained in both archery and sacred learning, and then situates the account historically by introducing Haryaśva, the famed king of Kāśī and ancestor (grandfather) of Divodāsa.