Shloka 8

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

यस्तु राजज्छिबिरनाम दैतेय:ः परिकीर्तित: । द्रुम इत्यभिविख्यात: स आसीदू भुवि पार्थिव:,राजन्‌! जो शिबि नामका दैत्य कहा गया है, वही इस पृथ्वीपर ट्रुम नामसे विख्यात राजा हुआ

Transliteration

yas tu rājaś-śibiranāma daiteyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | druma ity abhivikhyātaḥ sa āsīd bhuvi pārthivaḥ, rājan |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “That very Daitya who is celebrated by the name Śibi became, on this earth, a king renowned as Druma, O King.”

Word by Word

यःwho

तुbut/indeed

राजच्छिबिरनामthe one named King Śibira/Śibi (lit. 'king-Śibira-name')

दैतेयःDaitya (descendant of Diti)

परिकीर्तितःis described/celebrated

द्रुमःDruma (proper name)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

अभिविख्यातःwell-known as

सःhe

आसीत्was

भुविon earth

पार्थिवःking

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śibi (as a Daitya name)

Druma (king)

Daitya (lineage term)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how identity and reputation (nāma, kīrti) can shift across contexts—here, a being known as a Daitya named Śibi is remembered in the human realm as a king named Druma—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s concern with lineage, renown, and the continuity of beings across domains.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, addressing the king (Janamejaya), identifies a figure: the Daitya called Śibi is said to have become a terrestrial ruler, famous under the name Druma.