Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अयुतनायी खलु पृथुश्रवसो दुहितरमुपयेमे कामां नाम । तस्यामस्य जज्ञे अक्रोधन:,अयुतनायीने पृथुश्रवाकी पुत्री कामासे विवाह किया, जिसके गर्भसे अक्रोधनका जन्म हुआ

Transliteration

Ayutanāyī khalu Pṛthuśravaso duhitram upayeme Kāmāṃ nāma | tasyām asya jajñe Akrodhanaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Ayutanāyī married the daughter of Pṛthuśravas, named Kāmā. From her, a son was born to him—Akrodhana (“the one free from anger”). The genealogy highlights how personal virtue (here, freedom from anger) is remembered and transmitted as an ideal within royal lineages.

Word by Word

अयुतनायीAyutanayi (a proper name)

खलुindeed, surely

पृथुश्रवसःof Prithushravas

दुहितरम्daughter

उपयेमेmarried, took (as wife)

कामाम्Kāmā (proper name)

नामby name, named

तस्याम्in her

अस्यof him, his

जज्ञेwas born

अक्रोधनःAkrodhana (proper name; 'not-angry')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ayutanāyī

Pṛthuśravas

Kāmā

Akrodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly elevates akrodha (freedom from anger) as a remembered virtue: even in a genealogical list, moral qualities are preserved through names, suggesting that self-mastery is a dharmic ideal worthy of commemoration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a lineage account: Ayutanāyī marries Kāmā, the daughter of Pṛthuśravas, and their son Akrodhana is born—linking marital alliance and progeny within the broader genealogical framework of the Ādi Parva.