Shloka 127
Kroṣṭu–Yādava Lineages, the Syamantaka Jewel, Krishna’s Birth Context, and the Māyāmoha Account
पुत्रं च कपिलं चैव वसुदेवात्मजो बली । जनानां च विषादोभूत्प्रथमः स धनुर्द्धरः
putraṃ ca kapilaṃ caiva vasudevātmajo balī | janānāṃ ca viṣādobhūtprathamaḥ sa dhanurddharaḥ
またカピラという子もあった—ヴァスデーヴァの剛勇なる子である。人々の間に悲しみが起こり、彼は最初に名高き弓の担い手となった。
Unspecified (narrative voice within the chapter context)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: vira
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विषादोभूत् → विषादः अभूत् (visarga + a sandhi). धनुर्द्धरः → धनुर्धरः (orthographic normalization: gemination).
FAQs
Kapila is presented here as a son in a genealogical/narrative sequence; the verse identifies him as connected to Vasudeva and describes him as a notable early bow-bearer.
It characterizes him as “the first” prominent archer/bow-bearer—an honorific marking precedence or exemplary status in martial skill within the narrative lineage.
The line “janānāṁ ca viṣādo bhūt” signals a turn in the story where an event associated with this figure (or his emergence in the account) is linked with public grief, foreshadowing conflict or loss in the surrounding narrative.