Shloka 23
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 104 — कर्णोत्पत्ति, दानधर्म, वैकर्तन-नामकरण
Karna’s Birth, Gift-Ethic, and the Name Vaikartana
लालप्यमानां तामेवं कृपणां पुत्रगृद्धिनीम् धर्मादपेतं ब्रुवतीं भीष्मो भूयो5ब्रवीदिदम्,पुत्रकी कामनासे दीन वचन बोलनेवाली और मुखसे धर्मरहित बात कहनेवाली सत्यवतीसे भीष्मने फिर यह बात कही--
lālapyamānāṁ tāmevaṁ kṛpaṇāṁ putragṛddhinīm | dharmādapetaṁ bruvatīṁ bhīṣmo bhūyo ’bravīd idam ||
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: لما كانت سَتْيَفَتِي تَنْتَحِبُ نحيباً مُفْجِعاً، وقد أكلها الشوقُ إلى الأبناء، فَنَطَقَتْ بكلامٍ حادَ عن سبيل الدَّهَرْمَا، خاطبها بِهِيشْمَةُ مرةً أخرى، مجيباً بتذكيرٍ أشدَّ صرامةً بما تقتضيه الاستقامة.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral contrast: intense personal desire (for heirs) can push one into speech and counsel that deviates from dharma, and the righteous elder (Bhīṣma) responds by reasserting ethical boundaries even amid grief and dynastic anxiety.
Satyavatī, distressed and yearning for sons to continue the lineage, speaks in a way characterized as outside dharma; Bhīṣma, hearing her lament, speaks again—continuing his counsel and attempting to steer the discussion back toward righteous conduct.