Shloka 35

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

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

Devanagari script

हस्ती खलु त्रैगर्तीमुपयेमे यशोधरां नाम | तस्यामस्य जज्ञे विकुण्ठनो नाम ।। ३५ || हस्तीने त्रिगर्तराजकी पुत्री यशोधराके साथ विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे विकुण्ठन नामक पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ

Transliteration

hastī khalu traigartīm upayeme yaśodharāṃ nāma | tasyām asya jajñe vikuṇṭhano nāma || 35 ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Hastī married a woman of the Trigarta country named Yaśodharā. From her, a son was born to him, known as Vikuṇṭhana—thus continuing the royal lineage through lawful marriage and progeny.

Word by Word

हस्तीHastin (a person named Hastin)

खलुindeed, surely

त्रैगर्तीम्a Trigartī woman (woman of Trigarta)

उपयेमेmarried, took in marriage

यशोधराम्Yaśodharā

नामby name

तस्याम्in her

अस्यof him (of this man)

जज्ञेwas born

विकुण्ठनःVikuṇṭhana

नामby name

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Hastī

Trigarta

Yaśodharā

Vikuṇṭhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic continuity of a royal line through sanctioned marriage and legitimate offspring, presenting genealogy as a moral-social framework that sustains order and inheritance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a genealogical detail: King Hastī marries Yaśodharā of Trigarta, and their son Vikuṇṭhana is born, marking the next link in the lineage.