Shloka 18

Duḥṣanta at Kaṇva-Āśrama; Śakuntalā’s Reception and Origin Prelude (दुःषन्तस्य कण्वाश्रमागमनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रह्माद: पूर्वजस्तेषां संह्वादस्तदनन्तरम्‌ । अनुह्वादस्तृतीयो5भूत्‌ तस्माच्च शिविबाष्कलौ,उन पाँचोंमें प्रथणका नाम प्रहाद है। उससे छोटेको संह्ाद कहते हैं। तीसरेका नाम अनुह्ाद है। उसके बाद चौथे शिबि और पाँचवें बाष्कल हैं

Transliteration

prahmādaḥ pūrvajas teṣāṃ saṃhvādas tadanantaram | anuhvādas tṛtīyo 'bhūt tasmāc ca śivibāṣkalau ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Of them, the eldest was Prahmāda; next after him came Saṃhvāda. The third was Anuhvāda; and from him were born Śivi and Bāṣkala.”

Word by Word

प्रह्लादःPrahlāda

पूर्वजःelder (born earlier)

तेषाम्of them

संह्लादःSaṁhlāda

तत्that

अनन्तरम्next; immediately after

अनुह्लादःAnuhlāda

तृतीयःthird

अभूत्was; became

तस्मात्from him/that

चand

शिबिःŚibi

बाष्कलःBāṣkala

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Prahmāda

Saṃhvāda

Anuhvāda

Śivi

Bāṣkala

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes