Shloka 44
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
वृत्र इत्यभिविख्यातो यस्तु राजन् महासुर: । मणिमाजन्नाम राजर्षि: स बभूव नराधिप:,राजन! जो वृत्र नामसे विख्यात (और विक्षरका चौथा भाई) महान् असुर था, वही पृथ्वीपर राजर्षि मणिमानके नामसे प्रसिद्ध भूपाल हुआ
vṛtra ity abhivikhyāto yas tu rājan mahāsuraḥ | maṇimān nāma rājarṣiḥ sa babhūva narādhipaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi đại vương, Asura hùng mạnh vốn nổi danh với tên Vṛtra, về sau trở thành bậc quân vương nơi trần thế, được tôn xưng là vị ‘vương hiền’ Maṇimān.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights transformation across births and statuses: a being famed as an Asura can later appear as a human king-sage, suggesting the complex workings of karma and the fluidity of identity in epic history.
Vaiśampāyana informs the king that the renowned Asura Vṛtra later took birth on earth as a ruler, known among humans as the royal sage Maṇimān.