Shloka 23

Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

अह्वः सुतस्तथा ज्योति: शम: शान्तस्तथा मुनि: । अग्ने: पुत्र: कुमारस्तु श्रीमाञउछरवणालय:,अहके चार पुत्र हुए--ज्योति, शम, शान्त तथा मुनि। अनलके पुत्र श्रीमान्‌ कुमार (स्कन्द) हुए, जिनका जन्मकालमें सरकंडोंके वनमें निवास था

Transliteration

Ahvaḥ sutas tathā jyotiḥ śamaḥ śāntas tathā muniḥ | Agneḥ putraḥ kumāras tu śrīmān uccaravaṇālayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Ahva hatte vier Söhne — Jyoti, Śama, Śānta und Muni. Und von Agni wurde der ruhmreiche Jüngling Kumāra (Skanda) geboren, berühmt dafür, dass seine erste Wohnstatt ein Dickicht aus Schilf war.

Word by Word

• अह्वः: Ahva (a person)
• अह्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अह्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and/also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ज्योतिः: Jyoti (name)
• ज्योतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शमः: Shama (name)
• शमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तः: Shanta (name)
• शान्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• मुनिः: Muni (name)
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुमारः: Kumara (Skanda)
• कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• श्रीमान्: glorious, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उछरवणालयः: one whose abode is in the reed-forest (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उछरवणालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ahva
• Jyoti
• Śama
• Śānta
• Muni
• Agni
• Kumāra (Skanda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly values inner discipline and peace—suggested by names like Śama and Śānta and the term Muni—alongside the recognition that greatness may arise from both human lineage and divine origin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical account: he lists Ahva’s four sons and then notes that Agni’s son is the illustrious Kumāra (Skanda), associated with a reed-forest dwelling at the time of his birth.