Shloka 24

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

अरिह: खल्वाड्रेयीमुपयेमे सुदेवां नाम । तस्यां पुत्रमजीजनदृक्षम्‌,अरिहने अंगराजकुमारी सुदेवाके साथ विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे ऋक्ष नामक पुत्रको जन्म दिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Arihaḥ khalv Āḍreyīm upayeme Sudevāṃ nāma; tasyāṃ putram ajījanad Ṛkṣam.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Ariha married Āḍreyī, the princess named Sudevā. Through her he begot a son named Ṛkṣa, thus continuing the royal lineage in due order.

Word by Word

• अरिहः: Ariha (proper name)
• अरिहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खलु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• आड्रेयीम्: Āḍreyī (proper name)
• आड्रेयीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आड्रेयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयेमे: married, took (as wife)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुदेवाम्: Sudevā (proper name)
• सुदेवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजीजनत्: she bore, gave birth to
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ऋक्षम्: Ṛkṣa (proper name)
• ऋक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ariha
• Sudevā
• Āḍreyī
• Ṛkṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic continuity of lineage through lawful marriage and progeny, a recurring ethical frame in the Mahābhārata’s dynastic narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a genealogical event: Ariha marries Sudevā (Āḍreyī) and they have a son named Ṛkṣa, marking the next link in the succession.