Shloka 23

Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

अह्वः सुतस्तथा ज्योति: शम: शान्तस्तथा मुनि: । अग्ने: पुत्र: कुमारस्तु श्रीमाञउछरवणालय:,अहके चार पुत्र हुए--ज्योति, शम, शान्त तथा मुनि। अनलके पुत्र श्रीमान्‌ कुमार (स्कन्द) हुए, जिनका जन्मकालमें सरकंडोंके वनमें निवास था

Transliteration

Ahvaḥ sutas tathā jyotiḥ śamaḥ śāntas tathā muniḥ | Agneḥ putraḥ kumāras tu śrīmān uccaravaṇālayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Ahva had four sons—Jyoti, Śama, Śānta, and Muni. From Agni was born the illustrious youth Kumāra (Skanda), famed as one whose early dwelling was in a thicket of reeds.

Word by Word

• अह्वः: Ahva (a person)
• अह्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अह्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and/also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ज्योतिः: Jyoti (name)
• ज्योतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शमः: Shama (name)
• शमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तः: Shanta (name)
• शान्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• मुनिः: Muni (name)
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुमारः: Kumara (Skanda)
• कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• श्रीमान्: glorious, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उछरवणालयः: one whose abode is in the reed-forest (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उछरवणालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ahva
• Jyoti
• Śama
• Śānta
• Muni
• Agni
• Kumāra (Skanda)