Shloka 6

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

संह्ाद इति विख्यात: प्रह्मादस्यानुजस्तु यः । स शल्य इति विख्यातो जज्ञे बाह्लीकपुज्रव:

Transliteration

Saṁhrāda iti vikhyātaḥ Prahrādasya anujaḥ tu yaḥ | sa Śalya iti vikhyāto jajñe Bāhlīka-puṅgavaḥ |

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“普罗诃罗陀的弟弟，名闻为三诃罗陀者，降生为著名的舍利耶，乃跋利迦人中最卓越的君王。”

Word by Word

• संह्रादः: Saṁhrāda (name)
• संह्रादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संह्राद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (as)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विख्यातः: well-known, famed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रह्रादस्य: of Prahlāda
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्राद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुजः: younger brother
• अनुजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शल्यः: Śalya (name)
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (as)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विख्यातः: well-known, famed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• बाह्लीकपुत्रवत्: like a son of Bāhlīka / as Bāhlīka's son
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्लीक-पुत्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Saṃhrāda
• Prahrāda
• Śalya
• Bāhlīka (country/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epic theme that social and political identity is anchored in lineage: renowned kings are presented as continuations of earlier ancestral lines, linking fame and authority to inherited genealogy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is recounting a genealogical account: Saṃhrāda, identified as Prahrāda’s younger brother, is said to have been born as Śalya, the foremost ruler among the Bāhlīkas.