Shloka 58

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

असुराणां तु यः सूर्य: श्रीमांश्नैव महासुर: । दरदो नाम बाह्लीको वर: सर्वमहीक्षिताम्‌,असुरोंमें जो सूर्य नामक श्रीसम्पन्न महान्‌ असुर था, वही पृथ्वीपर सब राजाओंमें श्रेष्ठ दरद नामक बाह्लीकराज हुआ

Transliteration

asurāṇāṃ tu yaḥ sūryaḥ śrīmāñ śnaiva mahāsuraḥ | darado nāma bāhlīko varaḥ sarvamahīkṣitām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Among the Asuras there was a radiant and illustrious great Asura named Sūrya. That very being was born on earth as Darada, the Bāhlīka king, renowned as the foremost among all rulers.

Word by Word

असुराणाम्of the Asuras

तुbut/indeed

यःwho

सूर्यःSūrya (name)

श्रीमान्prosperous, illustrious

एवindeed, just

महासुरःgreat Asura

दरदःDarada (name)

नामby name

बाह्लीकःthe Bāhlīka (king/man of Bāhlīka)

वरःbest, excellent

सर्वमहीक्षिताम्of all earth-rulers (kings)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Asuras

Sūrya (Asura)

Darada

Bāhlīka

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes