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Shloka 1

ययाति-देवयानी-शर्मिष्ठा विवादः — Śukra’s Curse and the Disclosure of Lineage

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माजल बछ। डे अष्टसप्ततितमोब< ध्याय: देवयानी और शर्मिष्ठाका कलह, शर्मिष्ठाद्वारा कुएँमें गिरायी गयी देवयानीको ययातिका निकालना और देवयानीका शुक्राचार्यजीके साथ वार्तालाप वैशम्पायन उवाच कृतविद्ये कचे प्राप्ते हृष्टरूपा दिवौकस: । कचादधीत्य तां विद्यां कृतार्था भरतर्षभ,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! जब कच मृतसंजीवनी विद्या सीखकर आ गये, तब देवताओंको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। वे कचसे उस विद्याको पढ़कर कृतार्थ हो गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | kṛtavidye kace prāpte hṛṣṭarūpā divaukasaḥ | kacād adhītya tāṃ vidyāṃ kṛtārthā bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఓ భరతశ్రేష్ఠ జనమేజయా! కచుడు మృతసంజీవనీ విద్యను సంపూర్ణంగా నేర్చుకొని తిరిగి వచ్చినప్పుడు సమస్త దేవతలు పరమానందంతో ఉల్లసించిరి. కచుని నుండి ఆ విద్యను నేర్చుకొని వారు కృతార్థులయ్యిరి.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

कृतविद्येwhen (he was) having completed the learning / after completing the knowledge

कचेin/with regard to Kacha; when Kacha

प्राप्तेhaving arrived / on arrival

हृष्टरूपाःof delighted appearance; joyful

दिवौकसःthe dwellers of heaven; the gods

कचात्from Kacha

अधीत्यhaving learned

ताम्that (her/it)

विद्याम्knowledge; the (reviving) science

कृतार्थाःfulfilled; having achieved their purpose

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaca

the Devas (Divaukasaḥ)

Bharatarṣabha (Janamejaya as addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Learning is not merely personal achievement; once true knowledge is gained, it should be applied and shared responsibly for the protection and well-being of those who rely on it (here, the gods).

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaca returns after mastering the life-restoring science (Mṛtasañjīvanī). The gods rejoice and, by learning that knowledge from him, consider their objective accomplished.