Shloka 51

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

तेषामन्यतमो यस्तु चतुर्थ: परिकीर्तित: । श्रेणिमानिति विख्यात: क्षितौ राजर्षिसत्तम:,कालेयोंमेंसे ही एक जो चौथा बताया गया है, वह इस भूमण्डलमें राजर्षिप्रवर श्रेणिमान्‌के नामसे विख्यात हुआ

Transliteration

teṣām anyatamo yas tu caturthaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | śreṇimān iti vikhyātaḥ kṣitau rājarṣi-sattamaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Unter ihnen (den Kāleyas) wurde einer als der Vierte genannt; auf Erden wurde er unter dem Namen Śreṇimān berühmt, ein erhabener Königsweiser (rājaṛṣi).

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

अन्यतमःone (among them)

यःwho

तुindeed/but

चतुर्थःthe fourth

परिकीर्तितःis described/mentioned

श्रेणिमान्Śreṇimān (name); 'possessing a śreṇi/line/series'

इतिthus/so (quotative)

विख्यातःbecame renowned/was famous

क्षितौon earth

राजर्षि-सत्तमःthe best of royal sages

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kāleyas

Śreṇimān

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores an ideal of kingship where true eminence is not merely hereditary but expressed as rājarṣi-status—royal authority tempered by sage-like virtue—so that one becomes 'renowned on earth' through dharmic stature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical/listing passage about the Kāleyas, identifying one individual—counted as the fourth—who is known in the world by the name Śreṇimān and is praised as a foremost royal sage.