Shloka 4
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
विप्रचित्तिरिति ख्यातो य आसीद् दानवर्षभ: । जरासन्ध इति ख्यात: स आसीन्मनुजर्षभ:
vaishampāyana uvāca |
vipracittir iti khyāto ya āsīd dānavarṣabhaḥ |
jarāsandha iti khyātaḥ sa āsīn manujaarṣabhaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai raja, mula-mula akan aku perkenalkan kepadamu kelahiran para deva dan dānava yang menzahirkan diri dalam kalangan manusia. Sang perkasa di antara dānava, yang masyhur bernama Vipracitti, telah lahir dalam dunia manusia sebagai Jarāsandha yang terkemuka.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames history as morally and cosmically continuous: powerful beings (devas/dānavas) reappear in human society, implying that character and karmic tendencies persist across forms and shape political-ethical outcomes.
Vaiśampāyana begins a catalogue of correspondences between non-human beings and their human births, stating that the Dānava leader Vipracitti manifested among humans as the renowned king Jarāsandha.