Mahabharata 1.96.35 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 96, Shloka 35

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

हस्ती खलु त्रैगर्तीमुपयेमे यशोधरां नाम | तस्यामस्य जज्ञे विकुण्ठनो नाम ।। ३५ || हस्तीने त्रिगर्तराजकी पुत्री यशोधराके साथ विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे विकुण्ठन नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ

Transliteration

hastī khalu traigartīm upayeme yaśodharāṃ nāma | tasyām asya jajñe vikuṇṭhano nāma || 35 ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Hastī heiratete Yaśodharā, eine Frau aus dem Land Trigarta. Von ihr wurde ihm ein Sohn geboren, bekannt als Vikuṇṭhana – so setzte sich die königliche Linie durch rechtmäßige Ehe und Nachkommenschaft fort.

Word by Word

• हस्ती: Hastin (a person named Hastin)
• हस्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खलु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• त्रैगर्तीम्: a Trigartī woman (woman of Trigarta)
• त्रैगर्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैगर्ती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयेमे: married, took in marriage
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-यम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यशोधराम्: Yaśodharā
• यशोधराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशोधरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्य: of him (of this man)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• विकुण्ठनः: Vikuṇṭhana
• विकुण्ठनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकुण्ठन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hastī
• Trigarta
• Yaśodharā
• Vikuṇṭhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic continuity of a royal line through sanctioned marriage and legitimate offspring, presenting genealogy as a moral-social framework that sustains order and inheritance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a genealogical detail: King Hastī marries Yaśodharā of Trigarta, and their son Vikuṇṭhana is born, marking the next link in the lineage.