Shloka 36

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

विकुण्ठन: खलु दाशाहीमुपयेमे सुदेवां नाम | तस्यामस्य जज्ञे अजमीढो नाम ।। ३६ || विकुण्ठनने दशाहकुलकी कन्या सुदेवासे विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे उन्हें अजमीढ नामक पुत्र प्राप्त हुआ

Transliteration

Vaishampāyana uvāca |

Vikuṇṭhanaḥ khalu dāśāhīm upayeme Sudevāṃ nāma |

Tasyām asya jajñe Ajāmīḍho nāma || 36 ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Викунтхана воистину женился на девушке из рода Дашаха по имени Судева. От неё родился у него сын по имени Аджамидха. Этот отрывок продолжает родословное повествование, показывая брак и потомство как законный путь сохранения династической преемственности.

Word by Word

विकुण्ठनःVikuṇṭhana (a person)

खलुindeed, surely

दाशाहीम्of the Dāśāha lineage (as a bride)

उपयेमेmarried, took (as wife)

सुदेवाम्Sudevā

नामby name

तस्याम्in her

अस्यof him

जज्ञेwas born

अजमीढःAjāmīḍha (name of the son)

नामby name

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vikuṇṭhana

Sudevā

Ajāmīḍha

Dāśāha (community)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dynastic continuity through dharmic marriage and legitimate progeny, a recurring ethical frame in the Mahābhārata’s genealogical narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a lineage account: Vikuṇṭhana marries Sudevā of the Dāśāha community, and their son Ajāmīḍha is born.