Shloka 72

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

महादेवान्तकाभ्यां च कामात्‌ क्रोधाच्च भारत । एकत्वमुपपन्नानां जज्ञे शूर: परंतप:,भारत! उनके यहाँ महादेव, यम, काम और क्रोधके सम्मिलित अंशसे शत्रुसंतापी शूरवीर अश्वत्थामाका जन्म हुआ, जो इस पृथ्वीपर महापराक्रमी और शत्रुपक्षका संहार करनेवाला वीर था। राजन! उसके नेत्र कमलदलके समान विशाल थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mahādevāntakābhyāṃ ca kāmāt krodhāc ca bhārata |

ekatvam upapannānāṃ jajñe śūraḥ parantapaḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఓ భారతా! మహాదేవుడు, అంతకుడు (యముడు), అలాగే కామం, క్రోధం—వీటి అంసాలు ఏకత్వమై కలిసినప్పుడు, శత్రువులను దహింపజేసే పరంతపుడైన శూరుడు జన్మించాడు.

Word by Word

महादेवfrom Mahādeva (Śiva)

अन्तकfrom Antaka (Yama, Death)

अभ्याम्from the two (ablative dual ending)

चand

कामात्from Kāma (desire / the god of love)

क्रोधात्from anger

चand

भारतO Bhārata

एकत्वम्oneness, unity

उपपन्नानाम्of those who had attained/come to (a state)

जज्ञेwas born

शूरःa hero, brave man

परंतपःfoe-scorching, enemy-afflicting

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (addressee)

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Antaka (Yama/Death)

Kāma

Krodha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implies that a person’s nature can be understood as a composite of forces—divine archetypes and inner impulses. Great strength (Mahādeva/Antaka) may coexist with destabilizing passions (kāma/krodha), highlighting an ethical tension: power without restraint can become destructive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the birth of a formidable warrior as arising from the unified combined ‘portions’ of Mahādeva, Antaka (Yama), Kāma, and Krodha, emphasizing his fearsome, enemy-scorching disposition.