Shloka 64

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

कुम्भीनसीं तथा कन्यां बलायाः शृणुत प्रजाः त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चैव विद्युज्जिह्वश् च राक्षसः

Transliteration

kumbhīnasīṃ tathā kanyāṃ balāyāḥ śṛṇuta prajāḥ triśirā dūṣaṇaścaiva vidyujjihvaś ca rākṣasaḥ

Translation

हे प्रजाजनांनो, बलायाची कन्या कुम्भीनसी हिच्याविषयीही ऐका; तसेच त्रिशिरा, दूषण आणि विद्युज्जिह्व हे राक्षसही जाणून घ्या.

Word by Word

• कुम्भीनसीम्: Kumbhīnasī (a named female)

• तथा: and

• कन्याम्: daughter/maiden

• बलायाः: of Balā

• शृणुत: hear (imperative plural)

• प्रजाः: O progeny/creatures/subjects

• त्रिशिराः: Triśiras (the three-headed one

• दूषणः: Dūṣaṇa (proper name)

• च एव: and indeed/also

• विद्युज्जिह्वः: Vidyujjihva (lightning-tongued

• च: and

• राक्षसः: rākṣasa/demon (class of beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating genealogical names to the sages of Naimisharanya)