Shloka 13

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

प्राचिन्वान्‌ खल्वश्मकीमुपयेमे यादवीम्‌ । तस्थामस्य जज्ञे संयाति:,प्राचिन्वानने यदुकुलकी कन्या अश्मकीको अपनी पत्नी बनाया। उसके गर्भसे उन्हें संयाति नामक पुत्र प्राप्त हुआ

Transliteration

prācinvān khalv aśmakīm upayeme yādavīm | tasthām asya jajñe saṃyātiḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Prācinvān married Aśmakī, a maiden of the Yādava lineage. From her he begot a son named Saṃyāti. The passage continues the genealogical account, presenting marriage and progeny as the lawful means by which dynastic continuity is maintained.

Word by Word

• प्राचिन्वान्: Prācīnvat (a person named Prācīnvat)
• प्राचिन्वान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राचिन्वत् (प्र + अचि/चि धातु, वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खलु: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• अश्मकीम्: Aśmakī (a woman named Aśmakī)
• अश्मकीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मकी (स्त्रीप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयेमे: married / took (as wife)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + या (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यादवीम्: a Yādava woman (of the Yadu line)
• यादवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादवी (स्त्रीप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• संयातिः: Saṃyāti (name of the son)
• संयातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयाति (पुंप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Prācinvān
• Aśmakī
• Yādava (clan)
• Saṃyāti