Shloka 96

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

शकुन्तलायां दुष्यन्ताद्‌ भरतश्नापि जज्ञिवान्‌ यस्य लोकेषु नाम्नेदं प्रथितं भारतं कुलम्‌,इसी पर्वमें अत्यन्त प्रभावशाली दैत्य, दानव, यक्ष, नाग, सर्प, गन्धर्व और पक्षियों तथा अन्य विविध प्रकारके प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्तिका वर्णन है। परम तपस्वी महर्षि कण्वके आश्रममें दुष्यन्तके द्वारा शकुन्तलाके गर्भसे भरतके जन्मकी कथा भी इसीमें है। उन्हीं महात्मा भरतके नामसे यह भरतवंश संसारमें प्रसिद्ध हुआ है

Transliteration

Śakuntalāyāṃ Duṣyantād Bharataś cāpi jajñivān, yasya lokeṣu nāmnedaṃ prathitaṃ Bhārataṃ kulam.

Translation

शकुंतलेपासून राजा दुष्यंताच्या द्वारा भरताचाही जन्म झाला—ज्याच्या नावाने हे कुल लोकांत ‘भारत’ म्हणून प्रथित झाले. याच भागात दैत्य-दानव, यक्ष, नाग-सर्प, गंधर्व, पक्षी इत्यादी शक्तिमान जीवांची उत्पत्ती आणि महर्षी कण्वांच्या आश्रमात भरत-जन्माची कथाही सांगितली आहे; त्यामुळे वंशाची कीर्ती धर्मयुक्त राजधर्म व पवित्र परंपरेत अधिष्ठित होते.

Word by Word

शकुन्तलायाम्in/with regard to Śakuntalā

दुष्यन्तात्from Duṣyanta

भरतःBharata

चand

अपिalso

जज्ञिवान्was born / came into being

यस्यwhose

लोकेषुin the worlds

नाम्नाby name

इदम्this

प्रथितम्renowned, famous

भारतंBhārata (pertaining to Bharata)

कुलम्lineage, dynasty

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakuntalā

Duṣyanta

Bharata

Bhārata-kula (Bharata dynasty)

Kaṇva (mentioned in the accompanying prose summary)

Kaṇva-āśrama (hermitage of Kaṇva; in the accompanying prose summary)

Daitya (in the accompanying prose summary)

Dānava (in the accompanying prose summary)

Yakṣa (in the accompanying prose summary)

Nāga (in the accompanying prose summary)

Sarpa (in the accompanying prose summary)

Gandharva (in the accompanying prose summary)

Pakṣin/birds (in the accompanying prose summary)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes how righteous lineage and exemplary kingship generate enduring fame: Bharata’s renown becomes so widespread that the entire dynasty is identified by his name, highlighting the ethical ideal that a ruler’s virtue can define a family’s legacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text states that Bharata was born to Śakuntalā and King Duṣyanta, and that his name became famous across the worlds, giving the dynasty its celebrated designation ‘Bhārata.’ The surrounding section also frames this within broader origin accounts of various beings and the setting of Kaṇva’s hermitage.