Shloka 21
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
नग्नजिन्नाम राजासीद् भुवि विख्यातविक्रम: । एकचक्र इति ख्यात आसीद्ू यस्तु महासुर:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca |
Nagnajit-nāmā rājāsīd bhuvi vikhyāta-vikramaḥ |
Ekacakra iti khyāta āsīd yas tu mahāsuraḥ ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ‘ನಗ್ನಜಿತ್’ ಎಂಬ ರಾಜನು ಇದ್ದನು; ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ವಿಕ್ರಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದನು. ಮತ್ತು ‘ಏಕಚಕ್ರ’ ಎಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತನಾದ ಮಹಾಸುರನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾದ ರಾಜನಾಗಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸಿದನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage implies that mere strength and fame are ethically ambiguous: great power may arise from Asuric origins and, without dharma, can threaten social order. It cautions readers to judge rulers not only by valor but by righteous conduct.
Vaiśampāyana is listing rulers on earth and identifying some of them as Asuras who took birth as kings. In this verse he names King Nagnajit as famous for valor and notes that the great Asura called Ekacakra is known in the human realm under that name.