Shloka 13

अध्याय ५७ — राजोपरिचरवसोः धर्मोपदेशः, सत्यवत्याः उत्पत्तिः, व्यासजन्म च

Adhyāya 57: Indra’s Counsel to King Vasu; Origin of Satyavatī; Birth of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

पारावत: पारिजात: पाण्डरो हरिण: कृश: । विहड़: शरभो मेद: प्रमोद: संहतापन:,एरक: कुण्डलो वेणी वेणीस्कन्ध: कुमारक: । बाहुकः शंगवेरश्व धूर्तक: प्रातरातकौ

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca |

pārāvataḥ pārijātaḥ pāṇḍaro hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ |

vihaḍaḥ śarabho medaḥ pramodaḥ saṃhatāpanaḥ |

erakaḥ kuṇḍalo veṇī veṇīskandhaḥ kumārakaḥ |

bāhukaḥ śaṅgaverāśva dhūrtakaḥ prātarātakau ||

Translation

قال شَوْنَكَ: «ومنهم باراڤاتا، وبارِجاتا، وبانْدَرا، وهَرِيṇa، وكْرِشا؛ وكذلك ڤيهاḍا، وشَرَبها، ومِيدا، وبرامودا، وسَمْهَتابَنَ؛ وكذلك إيرَكا، وكُنْḍَلا، وڤيṇī، وڤيṇīسْكَندها، وكُمارَكا؛ ومنهم أيضًا باهُكَ، وشَنْگَڤيراشْڤا، ودهورتَكَ، والاثنان المسمَّيان براتاراطا.»

Word by Word

पारावतःpigeon, dove

पारिजातःthe pārijāta tree (coral tree)

पाण्डरःpale, whitish

हरिणःdeer, antelope

कृशःthin, lean

विहडःVihada (proper name/epithet; uncertain)

शरभःśarabha (mythic beast)

मेदःfat; marrow (as a name/epithet here)

प्रमोदःjoy; delight (as a name/epithet here)

संहतापनःone whose heat/ardor is restrained/collected (epithet/name)

एरकःEraka (name); also a kind of grass/reed

कुण्डलःearring; ring (as a name/epithet here)

वेणीbraid; plait (as a name/epithet here)

वेणीस्कन्धःone with a braid-like shoulder/crest (epithet/name; compound sense uncertain)

कुमारकःboy; young lad (as a name/epithet here)

बाहुकःBāhuka (name); also 'armed/strong-armed'

शंगवेराश्वःhorse of Śaṅgaver(a) (epithet/name)

धूर्तकःrogue; crafty one (as a name/epithet here)

प्रातरातकौthe two Prātarātakas (two persons/epithets; dual)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शौनक (Śaunaka)

प

पारावत (Pārāvata)

प

पारिजात (Pārijāta)

प

पाण्डर (Pāṇḍara)

ह

हरिण (Hariṇa)

क

कृश (Kṛśa)

व

विहड़ (Vihaḍa)

श

शरभ (Śarabha)

म

मेद (Meda)

प

प्रमोद (Pramoda)

स

संहतापन (Saṃhatāpana)

ए

एरक (Eraka)

क

कुण्डल (Kuṇḍala)

व

वेणी (Veṇī)

व

वेणीस्कन्ध (Veṇīskandha)

क

कुमारक (Kumāraka)

ब

बाहुक (Bāhuka)

श

शंगवेराश्व (Śaṅgaverāśva)

ध

धूर्तक (Dhūrtaka)

प

प्रातरात (Prātarāta) — two persons

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse’s primary function is preservational rather than doctrinal: it records a sequence of named figures, reflecting the Mahābhārata’s ethical valuation of lineage, remembrance, and faithful transmission of ancestral tradition (itihāsa) through precise naming.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka continues a catalog-style enumeration of individuals (a genealogical or group listing) within Ādi Parva, chapter 57, presenting a series of proper names, including a dual form indicating two persons named Prātarāta.