श्रीराजोवाच को नाम स पुमान् ब्रह्मन् कस्य किंवीर्य एव च । कस्माद् गुहां गत: शिष्ये किंतेजो यवनार्दन: ॥ १३ ॥
śrī-rājovāca ko nāma sa pumān brahman kasya kiṁ-vīrya eva ca kasmād guhāṁ gataḥ śiṣye kiṁ-tejo yavanārdanaḥ
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King (Parīkṣit) said
- kaḥ
- who
- nāma
- in particular
- saḥ
- that
- pumān
- person
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa (Śukadeva)
- kasya
- of which (family)
- kim
- having what
- vīryaḥ
- powers
- eva ca
- as also
- kasmāt
- why
- guhām
- in the cave
- gataḥ
- having gone
- śiṣye
- lay down to sleep
- kim
- whose
- tejaḥ
- semen (offspring)
- yavana
- of the Yavana
- ardanaḥ
- the destroyer
King Parīkṣit said: Who was that person, O brāhmaṇa? To which family did he belong, and what were his powers? Why did that destroyer of the barbarian lie down to sleep in the cave, and whose son was he?