Shloka 13
Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्
ददौ स दश धर्माय सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे । दिव्येन विधिना राजन् कश्यपाय त्रयोदश,राजन! दक्षने दस कन्याएँ धर्मको, सत्ताईस कन्याएँ चन्द्रमाको और तेरह कन्याएँ महर्षि कश्यपको दिव्य विधिके अनुसार समर्पित कर दीं
dadau sa daśa dharmāya saptaviṁśatim indave | divyena vidhinā rājan kaśyapāya trayodaśa ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: O König, er gab zehn Töchter dem Dharma, siebenundzwanzig dem Soma, dem Mond, und dreizehn dem Weisen Kaśyapa, und übergab sie ordnungsgemäß nach dem heiligen, göttlich sanktionierten Ritus.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that major social and cosmic continuities are to be established through dharma-governed, ritually proper actions. ‘Giving’ here is not mere transfer but a sanctioned responsibility: alliances are formed according to sacred procedure, reinforcing order (dharma) over impulse or arbitrariness.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration to the King, a patriarch (contextually Dakṣa) gives his daughters in marriage: ten to Dharma, twenty-seven to the Moon (traditionally associated with the Nakṣatras), and thirteen to the sage Kaśyapa, all performed according to a divinely approved rite.