Shloka 30

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

पार्वतेय इति ख्यात: काउज्चनाचलसंनिभ: । द्वितीय: शलभस्तेषामसुराणां बभूव ह

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

krathaḥ pārvataya iti khyātaḥ kauñcanācalasaṃnibhaḥ |

dvitīyaḥ śalabhas teṣām asurāṇāṃ babhūva ha ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: могучий данав по имени Кратха стал известен среди людей как Парватея; тело его было необъятно, словно золотая гора. И второй из тех асуров, по имени Шалабха, также родился (в мире людей). В этом перечне воплощений эпос заключает нравственное предостережение: когда разрушительные силы принимают человеческий облик, они нередко являются как славные цари, и их блеск способен скрыть опасный, неправедный порыв, который позднее нарушит равновесие дхармы.

Word by Word

• पार्वतेयः: Parvateya (name)
• पार्वतेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वतेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ख्यातः: known, famed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काञ्चन-अचल-संनिभः: resembling a golden mountain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन / अचल / संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वितीयः: the second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शलभः: Śalabha (name)
• शलभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• असुराणाम्: of the Asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बभूव: became, was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kratha
• Pārvateya
• Śalabha
• Asuras
• Kauñcana-acala (golden mountain; metaphorical)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage cautions that power and royal eminence can mask destructive tendencies: forces aligned with adharma may enter the human sphere as celebrated rulers, and discernment (viveka) is needed to judge by conduct rather than appearance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue describing how various Asuras/Dānavas take birth on earth as kings. Here he identifies the Dānava Kratha as the human king Pārvateya (likened to a golden mountain in stature) and notes Śalabha as another among those Asuras who likewise becomes embodied.