Shloka 6

अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna

Devanagari script

ययातेदेंवयान्यां तु यदुर्ज्येष्ठो5भवत्‌ सुतः । यदोरभूदन्ववाये देवमीढ इति स्मृत:,ययातिसे देवयानीके गर्भसे जो ज्येष्ठ पुत्र हुआ, उसका नाम यदु था। इन्हीं यदुके वंशमें देवमीढ़ नामसे विख्यात एक यादव हो गये हैं। उनके पुत्रका नाम था शूर, जो तीनों लोकोंमें सम्मानित थे। शूरके पुत्र नरश्रेष्ठ शौरि हुए, जो महायशस्वी वसुदेवके नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं

Transliteration

yayāter devayānyāṁ tu yadur jyeṣṭho 'bhavat sutaḥ | yador abhūd anvavāye devamīḍha iti smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: From Yayāti and Devayānī, the eldest son was Yadu. In Yadu’s line there arose a Yādava renowned by the name Devamīḍha.

Word by Word

ययातेःof Yayāti

देवयान्याम्in/through Devayānī (as wife)

तुbut/indeed

यदुःYadu

ज्येष्ठःeldest

अभवत्became/was

सुतःson

यदोःof Yadu

अभूत्was/arose

अन्ववायेin the lineage/descendant line

देवमीढःDevamīḍha (proper name)

इतिthus

स्मृतःis remembered/called

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yayāti

Devayānī

Yadu

Devamīḍha

Yādava lineage

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes