महाभारत · 7.5.26–27
॥
देवनागरी
वसिष्ठ इव विप्राणां तेजसाम् इव भास्करः ॥
पितॄणाम् इव धर्मो ऽथ आदित्यानाम् इवाम्बुराट् ॥
नक्षत्राणाम् इव शशी दितिजानाम् इवोशनाः ॥
श्रेष्ठः सेनाप्रणेतॄणां स नः सेनापतिर् भव ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vasiṣṭha iva viprāṇāṃ tejasām iva bhāskaraḥ ||
pitṝṇām iva dharmo 'tha ādityānām ivāmburāṭ ||
nakṣatrāṇām iva śaśī ditijānām ivośanāḥ ||
śreṣṭhaḥ senāpraṇetṝṇāṃ sa naḥ senāpatir bhava ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
वसिष्ठःvasiṣṭhaḥVasishtha; [sage] Vasishtha
इवivalike; as
विप्राणाम्viprāṇāmamong the vipras [brahmanas]; [of] brahmanas
तेजसाम्tejasāmamong the luminaries [radiances]; [of] the shining ones
इवivalike; as
भास्करःbhāskaraḥthe sun; [like] the sun
पितॄणाम्pitṝṇāmamong the forefathers [pitrs]; [of] the ancestors
इवivalike; as
धर्मःdharmaḥDharma [Yama]; [the god] Dharma
अथathaand also; and [as]
आदित्यानाम्ādityānāmamong the Adityas; [of] the Adityas
इवivalike; as
अम्बुराट्amburāṭlord of the waters [Varuna]; [Varuna,] king of the waters
नक्षत्राणाम्nakṣatrāṇāmamong the constellations [stars]; [of] the night luminaries
इवivalike; as
शशीśaśīthe moon; [the moon,] bearer of the hare
दितिजानाम्ditijānāmamong the sons of Diti [daityas]; [of] the daityas
इवivalike; as
उशनाःuśanāḥUshanas [Shukra]; [the preceptor] Ushanas
श्रेष्ठःśreṣṭhaḥbest; most excellent
सेनाप्रणेतॄणाम्senāpraṇetṝṇāmamong commanders; among leaders of armies
सःsaḥyou [such a one]; that one
नःnaḥour; [precisely] ours
सेनापतिःsenāpatiḥcommander; military leader
भवbhavabe; become
अनुवाद
[Duryodhana:] You who among the vipras are like Vasishtha, among the luminaries like the sun, among the forefathers like Dharma [Yama], among the Adityas like the lord of the waters [Varuna], among the constellations like the moon, among the daityas like Ushanas [Shukra] -- be, best of commanders, our military leader.
संस्करण
4cc6615d88cc · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 2:46:26 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The chain of comparisons reaches its peak and ends in a direct request -- 'be our commander': all the splendor of praise was only an approach to this demand. It is telling that among the models invoked are Vasishtha, Dharma, and Varuna -- embodiments of truth and law; yet they are summoned into service of a cause opposed to law, and so the grandeur of the comparisons turns into a verdict on the one asking. The verse teaches that words about truth and law, placed in the service of untruth, do not consecrate it but expose the speaker; and that the peak of flattery -- the direct request for whose sake all the praises were piled up -- lays bare that what was honored was not virtue, but its usefulness to oneself.