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Shloka 107

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

गौतमान्मिथुनं जज्ञे शरस्तम्बाच्छरद्वत: | अश्वत्थाम्नश्न॒ जननी कृपश्चैव महाबल:

Gautamān mithunaṃ jajñe śarastambāc charadvataḥ | aśvatthāmnaś ca jananī kṛpī caiva mahābalāḥ kṛpaś caiva ||

ਗੌਤਮ ਵੰਸ਼ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਰਦਵਤ ਦਾ ਵੀਰਯ ਸ਼ਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਝੁੰਡ ਉੱਤੇ ਡਿੱਗ ਕੇ ਦੋ ਭਾਗ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ; ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਧੀ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਜਨਮੇ। ਧੀ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਕ੍ਰਿਪੀ ਸੀ—ਜੋ ਅੱਗੇ ਚਲ ਕੇ ਅਸ਼ਵਤ्थਾਮਾ ਦੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਬਣੀ; ਅਤੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਪ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋਇਆ।

गौतमान्from Gautama (lineage/descendant of Gautama)
गौतमान्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootगौतमान् (गौतमान्-प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
मिथुनम्a pair; twins
मिथुनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जज्ञेwas born; came into being
जज्ञे:
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada
शरस्तम्बात्from the clump of reeds (śara-grass)
शरस्तम्बात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशर-स्तम्ब (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
शरद्वतःof Śaradvat
शरद्वतः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootशरद्वत् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अश्वत्थाम्नःof Aśvatthāman
अश्वत्थाम्नः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थामन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
जननीmother
जननी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजननी (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृपाKṛpā (name of the girl)
कृपा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृपा (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्ययम्)
एवindeed; also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्ययम्)
महाबलःmighty; of great strength
महाबलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबल (प्रातिपदिकम्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

दाश उवाच

D
Daśa
G
Gautama (lineage)
Ś
Śaradvat
R
reed-clump (śarastamba)
K
Kṛpī
K
Kṛpa
A
Aśvatthāmā

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that birth and destiny can arise from unexpected circumstances, yet such origins do not diminish one’s later significance; it frames Kṛpa and Kṛpī as divinely-tinged figures whose later choices and affiliations will matter ethically in the epic’s unfolding.

Daśa narrates the origin story of Śaradvat’s twins: his seed falls on a reed-thicket, divides into two, and from it are born Kṛpī and Kṛpa; Kṛpī later becomes Aśvatthāmā’s mother, and Kṛpa becomes renowned as a mighty man.