Shloka 51

Devanagari script

विचित्रवीर्य: खलु कौसल्यात्मजे अम्बिकाम्बालिके काशिराजदुहितरावुपयेमे ।। ५१ || विचित्रवीर्यने अम्बिका और अम्बालिकासे विवाह किया। वे दोनों काशिराजकी पुत्रियाँ थीं और उनकी माताका नाम कौसल्या था

Transliteration

Vaicitravīryaḥ khalu Kausalyātmaje Ambikāmbālike Kāśirāja-duhitarāv upayeme.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Indeed, Vicitravīrya married Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of the king of Kāśī.

Word by Word

• विचित्रवीर्यः: Vichitravirya
• विचित्रवीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचित्रवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कौसल्यात्मजे: in/with the two sons of Kausalya (i.e., Kausalya’s sons)
• कौसल्यात्मजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौसल्यात्मज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• अम्बिका: Ambika
• अम्बिका: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अम्बालिके: Ambalika (and)
• अम्बालिके: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बालिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• काशिराजदुहितरौ: the two daughters of the king of Kashi
• काशिराजदुहितरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिराजदुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• उपयेमे: married / took in marriage
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vicitravīrya
• Ambikā
• Ambālikā
• Kausalyā
• Kāśirāja
• Kāśī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a royal-ethical framework in which marriage functions as a dharmic instrument for sustaining lineage and political stability; personal unions are narrated primarily in terms of duty, alliance, and succession.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Vicitravīrya marries Ambikā and Ambālikā, identified as the two daughters of the king of Kāśī (born of Kausalyā), establishing the marital link that will shape the continuation of the Kuru line.