Shloka 31

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

प्रत्यग्रह: कुशाम्बश्व यमाहुर्मणिवाहनम्‌ । मावेल्लश्न यदुश्चैव राजन्यश्वापराजित:,दूसरे पुत्रका नाम प्रत्यग्रह था, तीसरा कुशाम्ब था, जिसे मणिवाहन भी कहते हैं। चौथा मावेलल था। पाँचवाँ राजकुमार यदु था, जो युद्धमें किसीसे पराजित नहीं होता था

Transliteration

pratyagrahaḥ kuśāmbaśvaṃ yam āhur maṇivāhanam | māvellaśna yaduś caiva rājanyaś cāparājitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The second son was named Pratyagraha. The third was Kuśāmba, who was also known as Maṇivāhana. The fourth was Māvella. The fifth prince was Yadu, a kṣatriya who was never defeated in battle.”

Word by Word

प्रत्यग्रहःPratyagraha (a proper name)

कुशाम्बःKuśāmba (a proper name)

अश्वम्horse

यम्whom/which

आहुःthey called/said

मणिवाहनम्Maṇivāhana (lit. 'having jewels as conveyance'; a name/epithet)

मावेल्लःMāvella (a proper name)

चand

अश्नAśna (a proper name; reading uncertain)

यदुःYadu (a proper name)

चand

एवindeed/also

राजन्यःa prince/kṣatriya (royal person)

अश्वापराजितःunconquered in horses / undefeated (as a horseman); or 'Aśvāparājita' (name/epithet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pratyagraha

Kuśāmba

Maṇivāhana

Māvella

Yadu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes