Devanagari
चतसृष्वादिशद् दिक्षु भ्रातृन् भ्राता यवीयस: ।
कृतदारो जुगोपोर्वीं काव्यस्य वृषपर्वण: ॥ ४ ॥
Verse text
catasṛṣv ādiśad dikṣu
bhrātṝn bhrātā yavīyasaḥ
kṛta-dāro jugoporvīṁ
kāvyasya vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
Synonyms
catasṛṣu
—
over the four
;
ādiśat
—
allowed to rule
;
dikṣu
—
directions
;
bhrātṝn
—
four brothers
;
bhrātā
—
Yayāti
;
yavīyasaḥ
—
young
;
kṛta
—
dāraḥ — married
;
jugopa
—
ruled
;
ūrvīm
—
the world
;
kāvyasya
—
the daughter of Śukrācārya
;
vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
—
the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā .
Translation
King Yayāti had four younger brothers, whom he allowed to rule the four directions. Yayāti himself married Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya, and Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā, and ruled the entire earth.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
King Yayāti had four younger brothers, whom he allowed to rule the four directions. Yayāti himself married Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya, and Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā, and ruled the entire earth.
Yayāti married the daughter of Śukrācārya (kāvyasya) and the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā.