Shloka 3
Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें विशज्वामित्रका उपाख्यानविषयक तीसरा अध्याय पूरा हुआ
tasya putro mahān āsīj jahlnur nāma nareśvaraḥ | duhitṛtvam anuprāptā gaṅgā yasya mahātmanaḥ ||
وكان ابنُه الملكَ العظيمَ المسمّى جَهنو (Jahnu). وإلى ذلك الحاكمِ النبيل عُدَّتِ الغانغا (Gaṅgā) —النهرُ المقدّس— كأنها ابنةٌ له، فانعقدت رابطةٌ مشهورة بين السلالةِ الملكية والنهرِ الطاهر.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dharmic ideal that sacred realities (like Gaṅgā) are integrated into human society through righteous kingship and lineage, framing holiness not as distant but as relational—honoured and protected within ethical order.
The text continues a genealogical account: a great king named Jahnu is introduced, and Gaṅgā is said to have attained the status of his daughter, indicating a famed traditional association between Jahnu and the river-goddess.