Shloka 4
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
विप्रचित्तिरिति ख्यातो य आसीद् दानवर्षभ: । जरासन्ध इति ख्यात: स आसीन्मनुजर्षभ:
vaishampāyana uvāca |
vipracittir iti khyāto ya āsīd dānavarṣabhaḥ |
jarāsandha iti khyātaḥ sa āsīn manujaarṣabhaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh rey, primero te daré a conocer los nacimientos de aquellos devas y dānavas que se manifestaron entre los hombres. El más poderoso entre los dānavas, célebre como Vipracitti, nació entre los mortales con el nombre del eminente Jarāsandha.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames history as morally and cosmically continuous: powerful beings (devas/dānavas) reappear in human society, implying that character and karmic tendencies persist across forms and shape political-ethical outcomes.
Vaiśampāyana begins a catalogue of correspondences between non-human beings and their human births, stating that the Dānava leader Vipracitti manifested among humans as the renowned king Jarāsandha.