Duḥṣanta at Kaṇva-Āśrama; Śakuntalā’s Reception and Origin Prelude (दुःषन्तस्य कण्वाश्रमागमनम्)
एकाक्षो मृतपा वीर: प्रलम्बनरकावपि । वातापी शत्रुतपन: शठश्वैव महासुर:,एकाक्ष, वीर मृतपा, प्रलम्ब, नरक, वातापी, शत्रुतपन, महान् असुर शठ, गविष्ठ, वनायु तथा दानव दीर्घजिह्न। भारत! इन सबके पुत्र-पौत्र असंख्य बताये गये हैं
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
ekākṣo mṛtapaḥ vīraḥ pralambanarako 'pi |
vātāpī śatrutapanaḥ śaṭhaś caiva mahāsuraḥ |
gaviṣṭho vanāyuś ca tathā dānava dīrghajihnaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “There were also the hero Ekākṣa, Mṛtapa, and likewise Pralamba and Naraka; Vātāpi, Śatrutapana, and the great asura Śaṭha; also Gaviṣṭha, Vanāyu, and the dānava Dīrghajihna. O Bhārata, the sons and grandsons of all these are said to have been innumerable.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच