Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

सम्पातिं जनयामास वीर्यवन्तं जटायुषम्‌ । सुरसाजनयजन्नागान्‌ कद्रू: पुत्रांस्तु पन्नगान्‌

Transliteration

sampātiṁ janayāmāsa vīryavantaṁ jaṭāyuṣam | surasā janayaj nāgān kadrūḥ putrāṁs tu pannagān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Śyenī gebar Sampāti und den tapferen Jaṭāyu. Surasā brachte das Geschlecht der Nāgas hervor, während Kadrū die Schlangensöhne, die pannagas, gebar.“

Word by Word

सम्पातिम्Sampāti (name)

जनयामासbegot/produced

वीर्यवन्तम्powerful, vigorous

जटायुषम्Jaṭāyus (name)

सुरसाSurasa (name)

अजनयत्begot/produced

नागान्serpents, nāgas

कद्रूःKadrū (name)

पुत्रान्sons

तुbut/and (contrastive particle)

पन्नगान्serpents (lit. 'goers on the ground')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sampāti

Jaṭāyu

Surasā

Nāgas

Kadrū

Pannagas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how lineage and origin shape roles within the epic world: beings arise within an ordered genealogy, and inherited relationships (like those between bird and serpent lines) become the backdrop for later ethical conflicts and alliances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical account: Aruṇā’s offspring are the birds Sampāti and the heroic Jaṭāyu, while Surasā and Kadrū are identified as mothers of the Nāgas/serpent clans, establishing key mythic families relevant to later episodes.