Shloka 119

Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account

Devanagari script

नकुलः सहदेवश्च रूपसत्वगुणान्वितौ । रोहिणी पौरवी नाम भार्या चानकदुंदुभेः

Transliteration

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca rūpasatvaguṇānvitau | rohiṇī pauravī nāma bhāryā cānakaduṃdubheḥ

Translation

Nakula und Sahadeva waren mit Schönheit und der Eigenschaft des Sattva begabt. Rohiṇī—auch Pauravī genannt—war die Gemahlin des Ānakadundubhi.

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक — conjunction

• रूपसत्त्वगुणान्वितौ: endowed with beauty, courage, and virtues
• रूपसत्त्वगुणान्वितौ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप-सत्त्व-गुण-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; अन्वित = √इ क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual; समास: बहु-तत्पुरुष (रूपेण सत्त्वेन गुणैः च अन्वितौ)

• रोहिणी: Rohiṇī
• रोहिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• पौरवी: Pauravī
• पौरवी: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular (appositional)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse/apposition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक — indeclinable indicating name (‘by name’)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) / Predicative complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक — conjunction

• आनकदुंदुभेः: of Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva)
• आनकदुंदुभेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनकदुंदुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular; समास: कर्मधारय (आनकः दुंदुभिः यस्य) as epithet

Speaker

Unknown (narratorial voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa genealogy/context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सहदेवश्च→सहदेवः च; गुणान्वितौ→गुण-अन्वितौ; चानकदुंदुभेः→च आनकदुंदुभेः.

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Rohiṇī
• Pauravī
• Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva)

FAQs

Who is Ānakadundubhi mentioned in this verse?

Ānakadundubhi is an epithet of Vasudeva, the father of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, used in Purāṇic and Itihāsa literature.

What is emphasized about Nakula and Sahadeva here?

The verse highlights their endowment with physical beauty (rūpa) and the sattva-guṇa, suggesting a noble, balanced, and virtuous disposition.

Why does the verse give Rohiṇī an alternate name (Pauravī)?

Purāṇic texts often preserve alternate names or lineage-identifiers; “Pauravī” functions as an additional identifier to distinguish or contextualize Rohiṇī within broader genealogical traditions.