Shloka 137

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

प्रकाशकर्ता भगवांस्तस्यां गर्भ दधौ तदा । अजीजनत्‌ सुतं चास्यां सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | prakāśakartā bhagavāṁs tasyāṁ garbhaṁ dadhau tadā | ajījanat sutaṁ cāsyāṁ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṁ varam |

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：于是，赐福的太阳神——光明的创造者——将胎种置入她的腹中。由此受孕，她生下一子，后来将为一切执兵之人中最为卓绝者。

Word by Word

• प्रकाशकर्ता: the illuminator / light-maker
• प्रकाशकर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाशकर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• गर्भम्: embryo / conception
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दधौ: placed / implanted
• दधौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अजीजनत्: begot / caused to be born
• अजीजनत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

• सुतम्: a son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अस्याम्: in her
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वशस्त्रभृताम्: of all weapon-bearers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशस्त्रभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: the best / excellent
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sūrya (Sun-god)
• Kuntī
• the unborn son (Karna, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary power and destiny can arise from divine causes, yet such gifts carry ethical and social consequences. Martial excellence is portrayed as a boon, but it foreshadows the heavy dharmic responsibilities and conflicts that such prowess can bring.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Sun-god (Sūrya) implants a pregnancy in Kuntī, and she gives birth to a son described as the greatest among weapon-bearing warriors—an allusion to Karṇa’s miraculous birth and future renown.