Shloka 8

अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः

The Commencement of the Great Departure

Devanagari script

एष पुत्रस्य पुत्रस्ते कुरुराजो भविष्यति । यदूनां परिशेषश्च वज्ो राजा कृतश्च ह ८ ।।

Transliteration

eṣa putrasya putras te kururājo bhaviṣyati | yadūnāṁ pariśeṣaś ca vajro rājā kṛtaś ca ha || 8 ||

Translation

毗舍波衍那说：“女儿啊，此人——你儿子的儿子——将成为俱卢族之王。至于余存的夜陀婆人，金刚（Vajra）也确已被立为王。”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son (grandson)
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कुरुराजः: king of the Kurus
• कुरुराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• यदूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• परिशेषः: the remnant/survivor-group
• परिशेषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिशेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वज्रः: Vajra (name)
• वज्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतः: made/appointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Parīkṣit
• Kuru (Kuru kingdom/Kurudeśa)
• Yādavas
• Vajra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after catastrophic loss, dharma is sustained through orderly succession and responsible governance: rightful heirs are installed so society regains stability and continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator announces the political settlement after the great destruction: Parīkṣit, the grandson in the Pāṇḍava line, will rule the Kuru realm, and Vajra is appointed to lead the surviving Yādavas.