Shloka 6

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

संह्ाद इति विख्यात: प्रह्मादस्यानुजस्तु यः । स शल्य इति विख्यातो जज्ञे बाह्लीकपुज्रव:,प्रहादका छोटा भाई जो संह्ादके नामसे विख्यात था, वही बाह्लीक देशका सुप्रसिद्ध राजा शल्य हुआ। प्रह्मदका ही दूसरा छोटा भाई जिसका नाम अनुह्ाद था, धृष्टकेतु नामक राजा हुआ

Transliteration

Saṁhrāda iti vikhyātaḥ Prahrādasya anujaḥ tu yaḥ | sa Śalya iti vikhyāto jajñe Bāhlīka-puṅgavaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sagte: „Der jüngere Bruder Prahrādas, berühmt unter dem Namen Saṃhrāda, wurde als der gefeierte Śalya geboren, der vornehmste Herrscher unter den Bāhlīkas.“

Word by Word

संह्रादःSaṁhrāda (name)

इतिthus (as)

विख्यातःwell-known, famed

प्रह्रादस्यof Prahlāda

अनुजःyounger brother

तुbut/indeed

यःwho

सःhe

शल्यःŚalya (name)

इतिthus (as)

विख्यातःwell-known, famed

जज्ञेwas born, came to be

बाह्लीकपुत्रवत्like a son of Bāhlīka / as Bāhlīka's son

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saṃhrāda

Prahrāda

Śalya

Bāhlīka (country/people)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epic theme that social and political identity is anchored in lineage: renowned kings are presented as continuations of earlier ancestral lines, linking fame and authority to inherited genealogy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is recounting a genealogical account: Saṃhrāda, identified as Prahrāda’s younger brother, is said to have been born as Śalya, the foremost ruler among the Bāhlīkas.