Shloka 25

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

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

Devanagari script

ऋक्ष: खलु तक्षकदुहितरमुपयेमे ज्वालां नाम । तस्‍यां पुत्र॑ मतिनारं नामोत्पादयामास,ऋक्षने तक्षककी पुत्री ज्वालाके साथ विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे मतिनार नामक पुत्रको उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

Ṛkṣaḥ khalu Takṣakaduḥitaram upayeme Jvālāṃ nāma | tasyāṃ putraṃ Matināraṃ nāmotpādayāmāsa |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Ṛkṣa indeed married Jvālā, the daughter of Takṣaka; and through her he begot a son named Matināra, born within a lawful union.

Word by Word

ऋक्षःṚkṣa (a person named Ṛkṣa)

खलुindeed, surely

तक्षक-दुहितरम्the daughter of Takṣaka

उपयेमेmarried, took (as wife)

ज्वालाम्Jvālā (name of the woman)

नामby name

तस्याम्in her

पुत्रम्a son

मतिनारम्Matināra (proper name)

नामby name

उत्पादयामासbegot, produced

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ṛ

Ṛkṣa

Takṣaka

Jvālā

Matināra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic continuity through lawful marriage and legitimate progeny, presenting genealogy as a moral-social framework that sustains order and inheritance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a genealogical link: Ṛkṣa marries Jvālā, Takṣaka’s daughter, and they have a son named Matināra.