Shloka 15
Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya
Hastināpura
इति पुत्रशतं राजन् कन्या चैव शताधिका । नामधेयानुपूर्व्येण विद्धि जन्मक्रमं नृप
iti putraśataṁ rājan kanyā caiva śatādhikā | nāmadheyānupūrvyena viddhi janmakramaṁ nṛpa ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Demikianlah, wahai raja, terdapat seratus orang putera, dan selain seratus itu, seorang puteri. Wahai pemerintah, ketahuilah bahawa susunan nama yang dilafazkan itulah juga susunan kelahiran mereka.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of knowledge: names are not merely labels but encode sequence and context. In genealogical narration, accuracy of order preserves historical and ethical understanding of lineage and responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana informs the king that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had one hundred sons and, beyond them, one daughter, and instructs that the sequence of names given corresponds to the sequence of their births.