Shloka 79

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

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

Devanagari script

नकुलस्तु चैद्यां करेणुमतीं नाम भार्यामुदावहत्‌ । तस्यां पुत्र निरमित्रं नामाजनयत्‌,नकुलने चेदिनरेशकी पुत्री करेणुमतीको पत्नीरूपमें प्राप्त किया और उसके गर्भसे निरमित्र नामक पुत्रको जन्म दिया

Transliteration

nakulas tu caidyāṁ kareṇumatīṁ nāma bhāryām udāvahat | tasyāṁ putraṁ niramitraṁ nāma ajījanat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Nakula married a Cedi princess named Kareṇumatī. From her he begot a son named Niramitra.

Word by Word

नकुलःNakula

तुbut/indeed

चेद्यांa Cedi (woman)

करेणुमतींKareṇumatī (name of the wife)

नामby name

भार्याम्as wife

उदावहत्married/took (in marriage)

तस्याम्in her

पुत्रम्a son

निरमित्रम्Niramitra (name of the son)

नामby name

अजनयत्caused to be born/bore (gave birth to)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Nakula

Cedi (Caidya)

Kareṇumatī

Niramitra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores gṛhastha-dharma and dynastic responsibility: a rightful marriage alliance and the begetting of offspring are presented as integral to sustaining lineage and social order among royal houses.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the genealogical account by stating that Nakula married Kareṇumatī, a princess of Cedi, and that they had a son named Niramitra.