Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

सम्पातिं जनयामास वीर्यवन्तं जटायुषम्‌ । सुरसाजनयजन्नागान्‌ कद्रू: पुत्रांस्तु पन्नगान्‌

Transliteration

sampātiṁ janayāmāsa vīryavantaṁ jaṭāyuṣam | surasā janayaj nāgān kadrūḥ putrāṁs tu pannagān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Śyenī gave birth to Sampāti and to the valiant Jaṭāyu. Surasā bore the Nāgas, while Kadrū gave birth to the serpent-sons.”

Word by Word

• सम्पातिम्: Sampāti (name)
• सम्पातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पाति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनयामास: begot/produced
• जनयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (caus. of √जन्)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वीर्यवन्तम्: powerful, vigorous
• वीर्यवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जटायुषम्: Jaṭāyus (name)
• जटायुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटायुस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुरसा: Surasa (name)
• सुरसा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरसा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अजनयत्: begot/produced
• अजनयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (caus. of √जन्)
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नागान्: serpents, nāgas
• नागान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कद्रूः: Kadrū (name)
• कद्रूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/and (contrastive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पन्नगान्: serpents (lit. 'goers on the ground')
• पन्नगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sampāti
• Jaṭāyu
• Surasā
• Nāgas
• Kadrū
• Pannagas