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:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mahādevāntakābhyāṃ ca kāmāt krodhāc ca bhārata |

ekatvam upapannānāṃ jajñe śūraḥ parantapaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے بھارت! مہادیو اور انتک (یَم)، نیز کام اور کرودھ—ان کے اجزاء جب یکجا ہو کر ایک وحدت بنے، تو انہی سے دشمنوں کو جلانے والا پرنتپ سورما پیدا ہوا۔

Word by Word

• महादेव: from Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेव: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अन्तक: from Antaka (Yama, Death)
• अन्तक: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अभ्याम्: from the two (ablative dual ending)
• अभ्याम्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (प्रत्यय: भ्याम्)
• Form: Ablative/Instrumental dual ending marker used with the preceding dual base

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कामात्: from Kāma (desire / the god of love)
• कामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• क्रोधात्: from anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एकत्वम्: oneness, unity
• एकत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपपन्नानाम्: of those who had attained/come to (a state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपपन्न (उप + √पद्/√पद्य्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• जज्ञे: was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शूरः: a hero, brave man
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परंतपः: foe-scorching, enemy-afflicting
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (addressee)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Antaka (Yama/Death)
• Kāma
• Krodha

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.