Shloka 128

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

प्रतिविन्ध्य: सुतसोम: श्रुतकीर्तिस्तथापर: । नाकुलिस्तु शतानीक: श्रुतसेनश्न वीर्यवान्‌,उनके नाम क्रमशः इस प्रकार हैं--प्रतिविन्ध्य, सुतसोम, श्रुतकीर्ति, नकुलनन्दन शतानीक तथा पराक्रमी श्रुतसेन

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

prativindhyaḥ sutasomaḥ śrutakīrtis tathāparaḥ |

nākulis tu śatānīkaḥ śrutasenaś ca vīryavān ||

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Seus nomes, na devida ordem, são Prativindhya, Sutasoma e Śrutakīrti; e ainda, Śatānīka, filho de Nakula, e o valente Śrutasena.”

Word by Word

प्रतिविन्ध्यःPrativindhya (name)

सुतसोमःSutasoma (name)

श्रुतकीर्तिःShrutakīrti (name)

तथाand likewise

अपरःanother (one)

नाकुलिःNāculi/Nākuli (Nakula’s son; epithet)

तुbut/and (emphatic)

शतानीकःŚatānīka (name)

श्रुतसेनःŚrutasena (name)

चand

वीर्यवान्valiant, powerful

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Prativindhya

Sutasoma

Śrutakīrti

Nakula

Śatānīka

Śrutasena

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By carefully listing the heirs by name and order, the text emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s ethical concern with kula (family line), kīrti (reputation), and the continuity of kṣatriya responsibility across generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is enumerating the names of the sons in sequence—Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Śrutakīrti, Nakula’s son Śatānīka, and the valiant Śrutasena—within a genealogical account in the Ādi Parva.