विराट

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

विराटः, पुं, देशविशेषः । इति शब्दरत्नावली ॥ (अत्रैव पञ्चपाण्डवाः सह द्रौपद्या अज्ञात- मुषितवन्तः । यथा, महाभारते । ४ । १ । १ । “कथं विराटनगरे मम पूर्ब्बपितामहाः । अज्ञातवासमुषिता दुर्य्योधनभयार्द्दिताः ॥”) तद्देशीयराजा । यथा, -- “अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्ज्जुनसमा युधि । युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥” इति श्रीभगवद्गीतायाम् १ अध्यायः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

विराट¦ पु॰ विशेषो राटो यत्र।

१ देशभेदे, तद्देशाधिपे

२ नृपे च। भा॰ विराटपर्वणि दृश्यम्।

शब्दसागरः

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

विराट¦ m. (-टः)
1. A country, one of the midland division of India, pro- bably Bera4r.
2. A sovereign. E. वि before रट् to sound, aff. घञ् |

Apte

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

विराटः [virāṭḥ], 1 N. of a district in India.

N. of a king of the Matsyas. The Pāṇḍavas lived incognito in the service of this king for one year, (the thirteenth of their exile) having assumed different disguises. His daughter Uttarā was married to Abhimanyu and was mother of Parīkṣit who succeeded Yudhiṣṭhira to the throne of Hastināpura. -Comp. -जः a sort of inferior diamond. -पर्वन् n. the fourth book of the Mahābhārata.

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

विराट m. N. of one of the midland or northwest districts of India (perhaps Berar) VarBr2S.

विराट m. N. of an ancient king of a particular district in India , (the पाण्डवs being obliged to live in concealment during the thirteenth year of their exile , journeyed to the court of this king and entered his service in various disguises) MBh. Hariv. etc.

विराट m. N. of बुद्धL.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

--the father of उत्तरा: the Matsya king; as a friend of जरासन्ध, besieged the southern gate of मथुरा, and the eastern gate of Gomanta. फलकम्:F1: भा. I. 8. १४; १०. 9; X. ५०. ११ [3]; ५२. ११ [7].फलकम्:/F But he joined the पाण्डवस् against the Kurus, and went to Syamanta- पञ्चक for the solar eclipse; फलकम्:F2: Ib. X. ७८ [९५ (v) 9]; ८२. २५.फलकम्:/F in charge of दक्षिणापथ. फलकम्:F3: Br. III. ६३. ११.फलकम्:/F

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

VIRĀṬA :

1) General information. The King of Matsya country. During the pseudonymity of the Pāṇḍavas this King sheltered them. At the end of the pseudonymity of one year, the Kauravas had stolen the cows of Virāṭa. In the fight which ensued Arjuna entered the battlefield with Uttara, the son of King Virāṭa, and defeated the Kauravas and proclaimed that the life of pseudonymity was over. After that Abhimanyu married Uttarā the daughter of Virāṭa. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva).

2) Other details.

(i) This Virāṭa, the King of Matsya was born from a portion of the Marudgaṇas. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 82).

(ii) King Virāṭa had two sons named Uttara and Śaṅkha. It was with these sons that he attended the Svayaṁvara marriage of Draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 8).

(iii) In the regional conquest conducted by Sahadeva, before the Imperial consecration-sacrifice of the Pāṇḍa- vas, Virāṭa fought with him and was defeated. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 2).

(iv) King Virāṭa attended the Rājasūya (sacrifice of imperial consecration) of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 44, Stanza 20).

(v) Virāṭa gave as a gift to Yudhiṣṭhira two thousand tuskers adorned with gold chains. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Stanza 26).

(vi) The name of the wife of King Virāṭa was Sudeṣṇā. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 6).

(vii) During the incognito-life of the Pāṇḍavas, King Virāṭa sheltered them in his palace. He took Yudhi- ṣṭhira as a court-favourite, Bhīmasena as the over-seer of his dining hall, Arjuna as the dancing master, Nakula as the head of the stables, and Sahadeva as the head of the cow-herds. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapters 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12).

(viii) The first wife of King Virāṭa was Surathā, the princess of Kosala. A son named Śveta was born to Virāṭa by Surathā. After the death of Surathā, he married Sudeṣṇā the daughter of Sūta, King of Kekaya. To Sudeṣṇā two sons named Śaṅkha and Uttara and as the youngest, a daughter named Uttarā were born. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 16).

(ix) It is stated in Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Dākṣiṇātyapāṭha, Chapter 26, that King Virāṭa had ten brothers.

(x) Virāṭa had two brothers named Śatānīka and Madirākṣa. Sūryadatta is another name of Śatānīka. He was the commander of the army of Virāṭa. Madirā- kṣa was also called Viśālākṣa. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapters 31 and 32).

(xi) At the time of the theft of the cows, King Virāṭa engaged in combat with Suśarmā. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 32, Stanza 28).

(xii) Suśarmā caught hold of Virāṭa alive. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 33, Stanza 7).

(xiii) Virāṭa was one of the seven prominent command- ers of the army of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 157, Stanza 11).

(xiv) On the first day of the battle of Bhārata there was a combat between Virāṭa and Bhagadatta. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 49).

(xv) Virāṭa attacked Bhīṣma. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 73, Stanza 1).

(xvi) In the fight between Virāṭa and Droṇa, Śaṅkha was killed. With that Virāṭa ran away. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 82, Stanza 14).

(xvii) There was a combat between Virāṭa and Aśvat- thāmā. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Stanza 16).

(xviii) Virāṭa combatted with Jayadratha. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 116, Stanza 42).

(xix) Virāṭa fought with Vinda and Anuvinda. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 20).

(xx) In the fight with Śalya, Virāṭa fell down uncons- cious. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 167, Stanza 34).

(xxi) In the battle which followed, Droṇācārya killed Virāṭa. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 6, Stanza 6).

(xxii) Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapter 26, Stanza 33, that the funeral ceremony of Virāṭa was conducted in a befitting manner and in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 42, Stanza 4, that Yudhiṣṭhira performed offering to the Manes for him.

(xxiii) After death, Virāṭa entered heaven and joined the Marudgaṇas. (M.B. Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 15).

(xxiv) The synonyms used in Mahābhārata for Virāṭa are, Matsya, Matsyapati, Matsyarāṭ, Matsyarāja etc.


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VIRĀṬA (M) : The country called Matsya. King Virāṭa was the ruler of this country. (See under Virāṭa).


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