Shloka 22

Devanagari script

स खलु कालिड्रीं करम्भां नामोपयेमे | तस्यामस्य जज्ञे देवातिथि:,अक्रोधनने कलिंगदेशकी राजकुमारी करम्भासे विवाह किया। जिसके गर्भसे उनके देवातिथि नामक पुत्रका जन्म हुआ

Transliteration

sa khalu kāliḍrīṃ karambhāṃ nāmopayeme | tasyām asya jajñe devātithiḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: He indeed married a woman named Karambhā of the Kāliḍrī lineage. From her, a son named Devātithi was born to him.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कालिन्द्रीम्: Kālindrī (a woman)
• कालिन्द्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिन्द्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• करम्भाम्: Karambhā (name)
• करम्भाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• उपयेमे: married / took (as wife)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• देवातिथिः: Devātithi (proper name)
• देवातिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवातिथि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karambhā
• Kāliḍrī (lineage/clan)
• Devātithi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic social order: marriage as the sanctioned means of forming family, and legitimate progeny as the continuation of lineage—key concerns in the Mahābhārata’s dynastic histories.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the ongoing genealogical account, the narrator states that the man married Karambhā of the Kāliḍrī lineage, and that their son Devātithi was born from this union.