Shloka 26
ययाति–शक्रसंवादः
Speech-Ethics and Forbearance in the Celestial Court
तस्मिन् समागमे सुभू: शर्मिष्ठा चारुहासिनी । लेभे गर्भ प्रथमतस्तस्मान्नपतिसत्तमात्,सुन्दर भौंह तथा मनोहर मुसकानवाली शर्मिष्ठाने उस समागममें नृपश्रेष्ठ ययातिसे पहले-पहल गर्भ धारण किया
tasmin samāgame subhūḥ śarmiṣṭhā cāruhāsinī | lebhe garbhaṃ prathamatastasmān nṛpatisattamāt ||
Vaiśampāyana said: In that union, the beautiful Śarmiṣṭhā—of charming smiles—conceived a child for the first time by that foremost of kings.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how personal desire and private conduct in royal life can generate far-reaching ethical and social consequences through progeny—raising issues of dharma related to marital fidelity, responsibility, and the legitimacy and duties tied to lineage.
Vaiśampāyana reports that Śarmiṣṭhā, described as beautiful and charmingly smiling, becomes pregnant for the first time by King Yayāti, indicating the beginning of a consequential line of descendants and intensifying the moral and familial tensions in the Yayāti episode.