Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ऋक्ष: खलु तक्षकदुहितरमुपयेमे ज्वालां नाम । तस्‍यां पुत्र॑ मतिनारं नामोत्पादयामास,ऋक्षने तक्षककी पुत्री ज्वालाके साथ विवाह किया और उसके गर्भसे मतिनार नामक पुत्रको उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

Ṛkṣaḥ khalu Takṣakaduḥitaram upayeme Jvālāṃ nāma | tasyāṃ putraṃ Matināraṃ nāmotpādayāmāsa |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：梨叉（Ṛkṣa）确实迎娶了阇婆罗（Jvālā）——塔叉迦（Takṣaka）之女；由她生下一子，名叫摩提那罗（Matināra），其出生立于正当婚姻之中。

Word by Word

• ऋक्षः: Ṛkṣa (a person named Ṛkṣa)
• ऋक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खलु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• तक्षक-दुहितरम्: the daughter of Takṣaka
• तक्षक-दुहितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयेमे: married, took (as wife)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ज्वालाम्: Jvālā (name of the woman)
• ज्वालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

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

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मतिनारम्: Matināra (proper name)
• मतिनारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतिनार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• उत्पादयामास: begot, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पद् (उत्पादयति)
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ṛkṣa
• Takṣaka
• Jvālā
• Matināra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic continuity through lawful marriage and legitimate progeny, presenting genealogy as a moral-social framework that sustains order and inheritance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a genealogical link: Ṛkṣa marries Jvālā, Takṣaka’s daughter, and they have a son named Matināra.