Shloka 124
तथैव सहदेवाच्च श्रुतसेन: प्रतापवान् | हिडिम्बायां च भीमेन वने जज्ञे घटोत्कच:,युधिष्ठिरसे प्रतिविन्ध्य, भीमसेनसे सुतसोम, अर्जुनसे श्रुतकीर्ति, नकुलसे शतानीक तथा सहदेवसे प्रतापी श्रुतसेनका जन्म हुआ था। भीमसेनके द्वारा हिडिम्बासे वनमें घटोत्कच नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ
tathaiva sahadevāc ca śrutasenaḥ pratāpavān | hiḍimbāyāṃ ca bhīmena vane jajñe ghaṭotkacaḥ ||
Dāśa said: “Likewise, from Sahadeva was born the valiant Śrutasena. And in the forest, Bhīma begot upon Hiḍimbā a son named Ghaṭotkaca.”
दाश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dharmic weight of lineage: births are not merely biological events but the emergence of future agents of duty. Even when a union occurs outside conventional royal settings (in the forest, with Hiḍimbā), the resulting child is still situated within a moral order of responsibility and consequence.
Daśa continues a genealogical account of the Pāṇḍavas’ offspring, stating that Sahadeva’s son is Śrutasena and that Bhīma, while in the forest, fathered Ghaṭotkaca through Hiḍimbā.