Shloka 38

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

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

Devanagari script

संवरण: खलु वैवस्वतीं तपतीं नामोपयेमे । तस्यामस्य जज्ञे कुरु:,संवरणने सूर्यकन्या तपतीसे विवाह किया; जिसके गर्भसे कुरुका जन्म हुआ

Transliteration

Saṃvaraṇaḥ khalu Vaivasvatīṃ Tapatīṃ nāmopayeme | tasyām asya jajñe Kuruḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Saṃvaraṇa heiratete Tapatī, die Tochter Vivasvāns (der Sonne). Von ihr wurde ihm Kuru geboren – und so wurde die Kuru-Linie begründet, die im Mahābhārata zum Mittelpunkt der moralischen und dynastischen Geschichte wird.

Word by Word

संवरणःSamvaraṇa (a king)

खलुindeed, surely

वैवस्वतीम्Vaivasvatī (daughter of Vivasvat/Sūrya)

तपतीम्Tapatī

नामby name, named

उपयेमेmarried, took (as wife)

तस्याम्in her

अस्यof him

जज्ञेwas born

कुरुःKuru

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saṃvaraṇa

Tapatī

Vivasvān (Sūrya)

Kuru

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the dharmic continuity of lineage: rightful marriage and progeny are presented as the foundation through which a renowned dynasty (the Kurus) arises, setting the stage for later ethical struggles within that very line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana states that King Saṃvaraṇa married Tapatī, the Sun’s daughter, and that their union produced Kuru, the ancestor after whom the Kuru dynasty is named.