Shloka 11

Haryaśva’s Agreement with Gālava and the Birth of Vasumanā

Nārada’s narration

Devanagari script

तस्माच्चतुर्णा वंशानां स्थापयित्री सुता मम । इयं सुरसुतप्रख्या सर्वधर्मोपचायिनी

Transliteration

tasmāc caturṇāṁ vaṁśānāṁ sthāpayitrī sutā mama | iyaṁ surasutaprakhyā sarvadharmopacāyinī ||

Translation

因此，我这女儿注定要建立四支宗族。她光辉灿然，如天界仙女，并将扶持一切法度（达摩）增长兴盛。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative (used adverbially), singular (neuter/pronominal base)

• चतुर्णाम्: of four
• चतुर्णाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Genitive, plural (common; here qualifying वंशानाम्)

• वंशानाम्: of lineages/dynasties
• वंशानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

• स्थापयित्री: foundress/establisher
• स्थापयित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थापयितृ (from धातु √स्था with causative स्थापय-)
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, singular

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• सुरसुतप्रख्या: having splendor like a god’s daughter
• सुरसुतप्रख्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरसुत-प्रख्या
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• सर्वधर्मोपचायिनी: increasing all dharmas/virtues
• सर्वधर्मोपचायिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्म-उपचायिनी (from धातु √चि with उप-; causative/denominative sense 'to increase')
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Nārada's daughter (unnamed in this verse)
• four vaṁśas (lineages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links dynastic continuity with dharma: an ideal figure is praised not merely for beauty or status, but for being a cause of social stability—establishing lineages and promoting the increase of righteous conduct and ordered life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada, speaking in the Udyoga Parva context, introduces or praises his daughter, declaring her exceptional—celestial in radiance—and prophesying her role as a founding mother who will establish four dynastic lines and thereby contribute to the flourishing of dharma.