Shloka 56
Devanagari script
कुक्षिस्तु राजन् विख्यातो दानवानां महाबल: । पार्वतीय इति ख्यात: काउज्चनाचलसंनिभ:
Transliteration
kukṣis tu rājan vikhyāto dānavānāṁ mahābalaḥ | pārvatīya iti khyātaḥ kauñcanācalasaṁnibhaḥ ||
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお王よ、ダーナヴァの中に、ククシ（Kukṣi）という名で知られる、名高く並外れて強大な支配者がいた。のちに彼はパールヴァティーヤ（Pārvatīya）と称され、黄金の山のごとく高くそびえ、光り輝いた。」
Word by Word
कुक्षिःKukṣi (proper name)
कुक्षिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विख्यातःrenowned
विख्यातः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्यात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दानवानाम्of the Dānavas
दानवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महाबलःvery strong/mighty
महाबलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पार्वतीयःPārvatīya (proper name)
पार्वतीयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्वतीय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/as
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ख्यातःknown/called
ख्यातः:
TypeAdjective
Rootख्यात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
काञ्चन-अचल-संनिभःlike the golden mountain
काञ्चन-अचल-संनिभः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकाञ्चन-अचल-संनिभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaJ
JanamejayaK
KukṣiP
PārvatīyaD
DānavasK
Kauñcanācala (golden mountain; likened to Meru)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary strength and renown shape legacy: a powerful figure becomes remembered by an epithet (Pārvatīya) that captures his imposing, mountain-like stature—suggesting that deeds and qualities crystallize into enduring identity.
Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical/mythic account, describing a famed Danava ruler named Kukṣi who came to be known as Pārvatīya, compared in grandeur to a golden mountain.