Shloka 44

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

सुभ्राजस्तु त्रय: पुत्रा: प्रजावन्तो बहुश्रुता: । दशज्योति: शतज्योति: सहस्रज्योतिरेव च,सुभ्राटके तीन पुत्र हुए, वे सब-के-सब संतानवान्‌ और बहुश्रुत (अनेक शास्त्रोंके) ज्ञाता हैं। उनके नाम इस प्रकार हैं--दशज्योति, शतज्योति तथा सहस्रज्योति

Transliteration

subhrājas tu trayaḥ putrāḥ prajāvanto bahuśrutāḥ | daśajyotiḥ śatajotiḥ sahasrajyotir eva ca ||

Translation

สุภราฏมีบุตรสามคน ทั้งหมดล้วนมีวงศ์สืบต่อและเลื่องชื่อด้วยความรอบรู้กว้างขวาง นามของพวกเขาคือ ทศชโยติ, ศตชโยติ และ สหัสรชโยติ

Word by Word

सुभ्राजःSubhrāj (a person named Subhrāj)

तुbut/indeed

त्रयःthree

पुत्राःsons

प्रजावन्तःhaving offspring; endowed with progeny

बहुश्रुताःmuch-heard; very learned

दशज्योतिःDaśajyoti (name: 'ten-lustred/lighted')

शतज्योतिःŚatajyoti (name: 'hundred-lustred/lighted')

सहस्रज्योतिःSahasrajyoti (name: 'thousand-lustred/lighted')

एवindeed/just

चand

Characters & Entities

Subhrāja

Daśajyoti

Śatajoti

Sahasrajyoti

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse values two ideals for a royal lineage: continuity through progeny (prajā) and refinement through learning (bahuśruta). It presents social esteem not merely in birth, but in cultivated knowledge and responsible continuation of the family line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the genealogical narration of Ādi Parva, the text records that Subhrāja had three sons and lists their names, highlighting that they were both learned and had descendants.