Shloka 41

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

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

Devanagari script

अनश्वा खलु मागधीमुपयेमे अमृतां नाम | तस्यामस्य जज्ञे परिक्षित्‌,अनश्वाने मगधराजकुमारी अमृताको अपनी पत्नी बनाया। उसके गर्भसे परिक्षित्‌ नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ

Transliteration

anāśvā khalu māgadhīm upayeme amṛtāṃ nāma | tasyām asya jajñe parīkṣit |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Anaśvā nahm eine Frau aus Magadha zur Gemahlin, Amṛtā genannt. Von ihr wurde ihm ein Sohn geboren, Parīkṣit genannt.

Word by Word

अनश्वाAnashva (a person’s name)

खलुindeed, surely

मागधीम्a Magadhan woman (princess of Magadha)

उपयेमेmarried, took (as wife)

अमृताम्Amritā (name of the woman)

नामby name, named

तस्याम्in her, from her (womb)

अस्यof him (i.e., of Anashva)

जज्ञेwas born, arose

परिक्षित्Parikshit (name of the son)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Anāśvā

Magadha

Amṛtā

Parīkṣit

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 highlights dharmic social order through lawful marriage and the continuation of lineage, presenting progeny as arising from a recognized marital union rather than from disorder or coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a genealogical detail: Anāśvā marries Amṛtā, a woman from Magadha, and their son Parīkṣit is born.