Shloka 8
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
मेघस्वना भोगवती सुभ्रुक्ष कनकावती । अलाताक्षी वीर्यवती विद्युज्जिल्ला च भारत
meghasvanā bhogavatī subhrūkṣa kanakāvatī | alātākṣī vīryavatī vidyujjillā ca bhārata ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า: “โอ ภารตะ มีนามว่า เมฆสวณา, โภควตี, สุภรูกษา, กนกาวตี, อลาตากษี, วีรยวตี และ วิทยุชฺชิลลา.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse exemplifies the Mahābhārata’s ethic of remembrance: even within a war-centered narrative, individuals are named and preserved in the record. This cataloguing highlights the epic’s concern with lineage, reputation, and the human breadth of events, reminding readers that dharma-history includes many lives beyond the principal heroes.
Vaiśampāyana, narrating to King Janamejaya (addressed as ‘Bhārata’), lists a set of women by name. Such lists typically occur while describing a group connected to a particular episode (e.g., attendants, relatives, or those present in a scene), serving to situate the story within a wider social and genealogical frame.