Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अड्जोषरिष्ट श्न वेनश्व दुष्पन्त: सृजजयो जय: । भाज़ासुरि: सुनीथश्व निषधो5थ वहीनर:

Transliteration

Aḍjoṣariṣṭaḥ śna venaś ca duṣpantaḥ sṛjajayo jayaḥ | Bhājāsuriḥ sunīthaś ca niṣadho 'tha vahīnaraḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Es gab auch Aḍjoṣariṣṭa, Śna und Vena; Duṣpanta; Sṛjajaya und Jaya; Bhājāsuri und Sunītha; und dann Niṣadha und Vahīnara.“ In diesem Abschnitt setzt Nārada die genealogische Aufzählung fort und verortet spätere Gestalten in einer ererbten Königslinie—womit angedeutet wird, dass königliche Autorität nicht bloß persönliche Macht ist, sondern ein anvertrautes Gut, getragen durch Abstammung und Verantwortung.

Word by Word

• अड्जोषः: Aḍjoṣa (proper name)
• अड्जोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अड्जोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अरिष्टः: Ariṣṭa (proper name)
• अरिष्टः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्नवेनः: Śnaven(a) (proper name; uncertain reading)
• श्नवेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्नवेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वः: Aśva (proper name / 'horse')
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुष्पन्तः: Duṣpanta (proper name; cf. Duṣyanta)
• दुष्पन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्पन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सृजजयः: Sṛjajaya (proper name; uncertain reading)
• सृजजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृजजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयः: Jaya (proper name / 'victory')
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भाजासुरिः: Bhājāsuri (proper name; uncertain reading)
• भाजासुरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजासुरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुनीथः: Sunītha (proper name)
• सुनीथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुनीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वः: Aśva (proper name / 'horse')
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निषधः: Niṣadha (proper name)
• निषधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वहीनरः: Vahīnara (proper name; uncertain reading)
• वहीनरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वहीनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aḍjoṣariṣṭa
• Śna
• Vena
• Duṣpanta
• Sṛjajaya
• Jaya
• Bhājāsuri
• Sunītha
• Niṣadha
• Vahīnara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces the Mahābhārata’s view that rulership is embedded in lineage and accountability: kings are remembered as part of a chain of predecessors, and their conduct is evaluated against inherited standards of rājadharma (royal duty).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is reciting a sequence of names—an ancestral/royal genealogy—continuing a catalog of rulers and descendants to locate later events and characters within a recognized dynastic framework.