Shloka 40

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च

Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration

Devanagari script

विदूरस्तु माधवीमुपयेमे सम्प्रियां नाम । तस्या-मस्य जज्ञे अनश्वा नाम,विदूरने मधुवंशकी कन्या सम्प्रियासे विवाह किया; जिसके गर्भसे अनश्वा नामक पुत्र प्राप्त हुआ

Transliteration

vidūras tu mādhavīm upayeme sampriyāṃ nāma | tasyām asya jajñe anaśvā nāma ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：毗度罗迎娶了摩陀婆族中一位深受爱重的女子，名三普利雅（Sampriyā）。由她为他生下一子，名阿那湿婆（Anaśvā）。

Word by Word

• विदूरः: Vidura
• विदूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• माधवीम्: Mādhavī (a woman named Mādhavī)
• माधवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयेमे: married/took in marriage
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-यम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सम्प्रिया: Sampriyā (name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्प्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• अनश्वा: Anaśvā (name)
• अनश्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनश्वा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Sampriyā
• Anaśvā
• Mādhava (lineage/clan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores gṛhastha-dharma: marriage conducted within social and familial order, and the ethical continuity of lineage through legitimate progeny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a genealogical detail: Vidura marries Sampriyā of the Mādhava lineage, and they have a son named Anaśvā.