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Shloka 63

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

आषाढो वायुवेगश्च भूरितेजास्तथैव च । एकलव्य: सुमित्रश्न वाटधानो5थ गोमुख:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | āṣāḍho vāyuvegaś ca bhūritejās tathaiva ca | ekalavyaḥ sumitraś ca vāṭadhāno 'tha gomukhaḥ | madrakaḥ kṛṇaveṣṭaḥ siddhārthaḥ kīṭakaḥ suvīraḥ subāhuḥ mahāvīraḥ bāhlikaḥ krathaḥ vicitraḥ surathaḥ śrīmān nīlanareśaḥ cīravāsā bhūmipālaḥ dantavaktraḥ dānava-durjayaḥ nṛpaśreṣṭho rukmī rājā janamejayaḥ | āṣāḍaḥ vāyuvegaḥ bhūritejā ekalavyaḥ sumitraḥ vāṭadhānaḥ gomukhaḥ karūṣadeśake aneke rājānaḥ | kṣemadhūrtiḥ śrutāyuḥ udvahaḥ bṛhatsenāḥ kṣemaḥ ugratīrthaḥ kaliṅga-nareśaḥ kuharaḥ tathā paramabuddhimān manuṣyāṇāṃ rājā īśvaraḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波衍那说道：“在那群集而来的众王之中，有阿沙陀（Āṣāḍha）、风疾（Vāyuvega）与辉焰（Bhūritejas）；又有厄迦罗毗耶（Ekalavya）、苏密多罗（Sumitra）、瓦吒陀那（Vāṭadhāna）与瞿目佉（Gomukha）。”

Word by Word

आषाढःĀṣāḍha (a king/person named Āṣāḍha)

वायुवेगःVāyuvega (wind-speed; a proper name)

चand

भूरितेजाःof great splendor; Bhūritejā (proper name)

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

चand

एकलव्यःEkalavya

सुमित्रःSumitra (proper name)

चand

वाटधानःVāṭadhāna (proper name)

अथthen/and next

गोमुखःGomukha (cow-faced; proper name)

मद्रकःMadraka (proper name)

कणवेष्टःKaṇaveṣṭa (proper name)

सिद्धार्थःSiddhārtha (one whose aim is achieved; proper name)

कीटकःKīṭaka (proper name)

सुवीरःSuvīra (very brave; proper name)

सुबाहुःSubāhu (good-armed; proper name)

महावीरःMahāvīra (great hero; proper name)

बाह्लिकःBāhlika (proper name / Bactrian)

क्रथःKratha (proper name)

विचित्रःVicitra (proper name)

सुरथःSuratha (good-chariot; proper name)

श्रीमान्prosperous, illustrious

नीलःNīla (proper name)

नरेशःking (lord of men)

चीरवासाwearing bark-garments; Cīravāsā (proper name/epithet)

भूमिपालःearth-protector; king

दन्तवक्त्रःDantavaktra (tooth-faced; proper name)

दानवःDānava (demon; also as epithet/name)

दुर्जयःhard to conquer; unconquerable

नृपश्रेष्ठःbest of kings

रुक्मीRukmī (proper name)

राजाking

जनमेजयःJanamejaya (proper name)

आषाढःĀṣāḍha (repeated name in the provided text)

वायुवेगःVāyuvega (repeated)

भूरितेजाःBhūritejā (repeated)

एकलव्यःEkalavya (repeated)

सुमित्रःSumitra (repeated)

वाटधानःVāṭadhāna (repeated)

गोमुखःGomukha (repeated)

करूषदेशकेin the Karūṣa country

अनेकाःmany

राजानःkings

क्षेमधूर्तिःKṣemadhūrti (proper name)

श्रुतायुःŚrutāyu (proper name)

उद्वहःUdvaha (proper name; 'bearer')

बृहत्सेनःBṛhatsen(a) (proper name)

क्षेमःKṣema (proper name; welfare/safety)

उग्रतीर्थःUgratīrtha (proper name)

कलिङ्गनरेशःking of Kaliṅga

कुहरःKuhara (proper name)

तथाand likewise

परमःsupreme, very great

बुद्धिमान्intelligent, wise

मनुष्याणाम्of men/humans

राजाking

ईश्वरःlord, ruler; Īśvara (as epithet/name)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Āṣāḍha

Vāyuvega

Bhūritejas

Ekalavya

Sumitra

Vāṭadhāna

Gomukha

Madraka

Kṛṇaveṣṭa

Siddhārtha

Kīṭaka

Suvīra

Subāhu

Mahāvīra

Bāhlika

Kratha

Vicitra

Suratha

Nīla (king)

Cīravāsā

Bhūmipāla

Dantavaktra

Durjaya (Dānava/Daitya)

Rukmī

Janamejaya

Karūṣa (country/region)

Kṣemadhūrti

Śrutāyu

Udvaha

Bṛhatsena

Kṣema

Ugratīrtha

Kaliṅga (country/region)

Kuhara

Īśvara (a king, epithet/name here)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a catalogue of rulers, highlighting how collective political power concentrates moral responsibility: when many kings assemble, their decisions affect the welfare (and dharma) of vast populations, so leadership must be guided by wisdom and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is enumerating the names of numerous kings and notable figures present/associated with the event being described in this section, emphasizing the scale and prominence of the gathering by listing rulers from various regions such as Karūṣa and Kaliṅga.