Shloka 112

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

गान्धारराजपुत्रो 5 भूच्छकुनि: सौबलस्तथा । दुर्योधनस्य जननी जज्ञातेडर्थविशारदौ,प्रहादका शिष्य नग्नजित्‌ राजा सुबलके रूपमें प्रकट हुआ। देवताओंके कोपसे उसकी संतति (शकुनि) धर्मका नाश करनेवाली हुई। गान्धारराज सुबलका पुत्र शकुनि एवं सौबल नामसे विख्यात हुआ तथा उनकी पुत्री गान्धारी दुर्योधनकी माता थी। ये दोनों भाई-बहिन अर्थशास्त्रके ज्ञानमें निपुण थे

Transliteration

gāndhārarājaputro bhūcchakuniḥ saubalastathā | duryodhanasya jananī jajñāte 'rthaviśāradau ||

Translation

Dāśa said: “From the king of Gāndhāra was born Śakuni—also known as Saubala. And his sister Gāndhārī became the mother of Duryodhana. Both were renowned for their sharp mastery of statecraft and the calculations of artha.”

Word by Word

गान्धारराजपुत्रःthe son of the king of Gandhāra

भूच्छकुनिःwas (became) Śakuni

सौबलःSaubala (patronymic/name)

तथाalso/and

दुर्योधनस्यof Duryodhana

जननीmother

जज्ञातेwere born / came to be

अर्थविशारदौskilled in polity/meaning (artha); expert in arthaśāstra

Speaker

दाश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dāśa

Gāndhāra

King of Gāndhāra (Subala implied by Saubala)

Śakuni

Saubala

Gāndhārī

Duryodhana

Sandhi Notes