Shloka 128

Devanagari script

प्रतिविन्ध्य: सुतसोम: श्रुतकीर्तिस्तथापर: । नाकुलिस्तु शतानीक: श्रुतसेनश्न वीर्यवान्‌,उनके नाम क्रमशः इस प्रकार हैं--प्रतिविन्ध्य, सुतसोम, श्रुतकीर्ति, नकुलनन्दन शतानीक तथा पराक्रमी श्रुतसेन

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

prativindhyaḥ sutasomaḥ śrutakīrtis tathāparaḥ |

nākulis tu śatānīkaḥ śrutasenaś ca vīryavān ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“他们的名字依次为：普拉提温陀耶、苏陀娑摩、室卢多吉尔底；此外还有那俱罗之子舍多尼迦，以及勇武的室卢多塞那。”

Word by Word

• प्रतिविन्ध्यः: Prativindhya (name)
• प्रतिविन्ध्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिविन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतसोमः: Sutasoma (name)
• सुतसोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतकीर्तिः: Shrutakīrti (name)
• श्रुतकीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतकीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरः: another (one)
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाकुलिः: Nāculi/Nākuli (Nakula’s son; epithet)
• नाकुलिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाकुलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/and (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शतानीकः: Śatānīka (name)
• शतानीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतसेनः: Śrutasena (name)
• श्रुतसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वीर्यवान्: valiant, powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Prativindhya
• Sutasoma
• Śrutakīrti
• Nakula
• Śatānīka
• Śrutasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By carefully listing the heirs by name and order, the text emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s ethical concern with kula (family line), kīrti (reputation), and the continuity of kṣatriya responsibility across generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is enumerating the names of the sons in sequence—Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Śrutakīrti, Nakula’s son Śatānīka, and the valiant Śrutasena—within a genealogical account in the Ādi Parva.