Shloka 70

Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

सम्पातिं जनयामास वीर्यवन्तं जटायुषम्‌ । सुरसाजनयजन्नागान्‌ कद्रू: पुत्रांस्तु पन्नगान्‌

Transliteration

sampātiṁ janayāmāsa vīryavantaṁ jaṭāyuṣam | surasā janayaj nāgān kadrūḥ putrāṁs tu pannagān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Śyenī deu à luz Sampāti e o valente Jaṭāyu. Surasā gerou a raça dos Nāgas, enquanto Kadrū deu à luz os filhos-serpentes, os pannagas.”

Word by Word

• सम्पातिम्: Sampāti (name)
• सम्पातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पाति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनयामास: begot/produced
• जनयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (caus. of √जन्)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वीर्यवन्तम्: powerful, vigorous
• वीर्यवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जटायुषम्: Jaṭāyus (name)
• जटायुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटायुस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुरसा: Surasa (name)
• सुरसा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरसा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अजनयत्: begot/produced
• अजनयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (caus. of √जन्)
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नागान्: serpents, nāgas
• नागान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कद्रूः: Kadrū (name)
• कद्रूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/and (contrastive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पन्नगान्: serpents (lit. 'goers on the ground')
• पन्नगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sampāti
• Jaṭāyu
• Surasā
• Nāgas
• Kadrū
• Pannagas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how lineage and origin shape roles within the epic world: beings arise within an ordered genealogy, and inherited relationships (like those between bird and serpent lines) become the backdrop for later ethical conflicts and alliances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical account: Aruṇā’s offspring are the birds Sampāti and the heroic Jaṭāyu, while Surasā and Kadrū are identified as mothers of the Nāgas/serpent clans, establishing key mythic families relevant to later episodes.