Shloka 2
तस्य भार्याभवद् राजन् रूपेणासदृशी भुवि । राधा नाम महाभागा न सा पुत्रमविन्दत,राजन्! उसकी परम सौभाग्यवती पत्नी इस भूतलपर अनुपम सुन्दरी थी। उसका नाम था राधा। उसके कोई पुत्र नहीं हुआ था
tasya bhāryābhavad rājan rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi | rādhā nāma mahābhāgā na sā putram avindata rājan ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—राजन्, उसकी पत्नी इस पृथ्वी पर रूप में अनुपम थी। वह परम सौभाग्यवती राधा नाम की थी; परन्तु, राजन्, उसे पुत्र की प्राप्ति न हुई।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that outward excellence and good fortune (beauty, high status) do not guarantee desired outcomes such as progeny; it subtly points to the limits of human control and the complex workings of fate, merit, and circumstance in epic narrative.
Vaiśampāyana describes a man’s wife to the King: she is extraordinarily beautiful, named Rādhā, and despite her auspiciousness she remains without a son—setting up a background detail relevant to lineage and subsequent events.