Shloka 5

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

ऐलवंश्याश्व ये राजंस्तथैवेक्ष्वाकवो नृपा: । तानि चैकशतं विद्धि कुलानि भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

ailavaṁśyāśva ye rājan tathaivekṣvākavo nṛpāḥ | tāni caikaśataṁ viddhi kulāni bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

O King, the rulers who now belong to the line of Purūravas (the Aila dynasty) and likewise those of the Ikṣvāku line—know well, O bull among the Bharatas, that these constitute a hundred royal houses.

Word by Word

• ऐलवंश्याश्वाः: kings of the Aila lineage
• ऐलवंश्याश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐलवंश्याश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इक्ष्वाकवः: Ikshvaku-descendants
• इक्ष्वाकवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तानि: those (families/lineages)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एकशतम्: one hundred
• एकशतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: एकशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know; understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुलानि: families; lineages
• कुलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Purūravas
• Ikṣvāku
• Bharata lineage (Bharatas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the vast continuity of royal lineages—Aila (Purūravas) and Ikṣvāku—and implicitly highlights the ethical weight of dynastic inheritance: reputation, responsibility, and dharma are carried across generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa addresses a king and points out that the currently reigning rulers of the Aila and Ikṣvāku lines together amount to a hundred dynastic houses, situating the discussion within a broader genealogical and political landscape.