Shloka 111

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

प्रह्मदशिष्यो नग्नजित्‌ सुबलश्चाभवत्‌ ततः । तस्य प्रजा धर्महन्त्री जज्ञे देवप्रकोपनात्‌

Transliteration

Brahmadaśiṣyo Nagnajit Subalaś cābhavat tataḥ | tasya prajā dharmahantrī jajñe devaprakopanāt ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਦਸ਼ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯ-ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਗਨਜਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਇਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੁਬਲ ਜਨਮਿਆ। ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਕੋਪ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਬਣੀ।

Word by Word

• प्रह्मदशिष्यः: the disciple of Prahmada
• प्रह्मदशिष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्मद (प्रातिपदिक) + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नग्नजित्: Nagnajit (proper name)
• नग्नजित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग्नजित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुबलः: Subala (proper name)
• सुबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रजा: offspring/progeny
• प्रजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्महन्त्री: destroyer of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + हन्त्री (प्रातिपदिक, agent noun from √हन्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• देवप्रकोपनात्: from the anger of the gods
• देवप्रकोपनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

दाश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• दाश (Dāśa)
• ब्रह्मदश (Brahmadaśa)
• नग्नजित् (Nagnajit)
• सुबल (Subala)
• देव (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links moral disorder with consequences across generations: divine displeasure (devaprakopa) can manifest as a lineage inclined to undermine dharma, emphasizing responsibility, restraint, and the long reach of ethical causality.

What is happening in the narrative?

A genealogical sequence is being narrated: after Nagnajit in the Brahmadaśa line, Subala arises; then the text remarks that Subala’s progeny becomes ‘dharma-destroying’ due to the gods’ anger, foreshadowing later conflicts associated with that line.