Shloka 15
Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya
Hastināpura
इति पुत्रशतं राजन् कन्या चैव शताधिका । नामधेयानुपूर्व्येण विद्धि जन्मक्रमं नृप
iti putraśataṁ rājan kanyā caiva śatādhikā | nāmadheyānupūrvyena viddhi janmakramaṁ nṛpa ||
毗舍波耶那说道：“因此，国王啊，有一百位儿子；在这一百之外，又有一位女儿。统御之君啊，当知他们名号被诵念的次第，正是他们出生的次第。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of knowledge: names are not merely labels but encode sequence and context. In genealogical narration, accuracy of order preserves historical and ethical understanding of lineage and responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana informs the king that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had one hundred sons and, beyond them, one daughter, and instructs that the sequence of names given corresponds to the sequence of their births.