Shloka 35
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
Devanagari script
शेषवासुकिकर्कोटशङ्खैरावतकम्बलाः धनञ्जयमहानीलपद्माश्वतरतक्षकाः
Transliteration
śeṣavāsukikarkoṭaśaṅkhairāvatakambalāḥ dhanañjayamahānīlapadmāśvataratakṣakāḥ
Translation
(Voici) les seigneurs-serpents : Śeṣa, Vāsuki, Karkoṭa, Śaṅkha, Airāvata et Kambala ; ainsi que Dhanañjaya, Mahānīla, Padma, Aśvatara et Takṣaka.
Word by Word
शेष (Śeṣa)Ananta, the primordial serpent
शेष (Śeṣa):
वासुकि (Vāsuki)king of nāgas, famed in churning lore
वासुकि (Vāsuki):
कर्कोट (Karkoṭa)a powerful nāga
कर्कोट (Karkoṭa):
शङ्ख (Śaṅkha)a nāga named ‘Conch’
शङ्ख (Śaṅkha):
ऐरावत (Airāvata)a nāga chief (name also known from Indra’s elephant)
ऐरावत (Airāvata):
कम्बलाः (Kambala)a nāga chief ‘Blanket/covering’
कम्बलाः (Kambala):
धनञ्जय (Dhanañjaya)a nāga chief ‘conqueror of wealth’
धनञ्जय (Dhanañjaya):
महानील (Mahānīla)‘great dark-blue’ nāga
महानील (Mahānīla):
पद्म (Padma)‘lotus’ nāga
पद्म (Padma):
अश्वतर (Aśvatara)‘horse-like’ nāga
अश्वतर (Aśvatara):
तक्षक (Takṣaka)the famed nāga Takṣaka
तक्षक (Takṣaka):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)