Shloka 53

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

नष्टं च भारतं वंशं पुनरेव समुद्धर । पुत्र जनय सुश्रोणि देवराजसमप्र भम्‌

Transliteration

naṣṭaṃ ca bhārataṃ vaṃśaṃ punar eva samuddhara | putraṃ janaya suśroṇi devarājasamaprabham ||

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: «لقد خربت سلالة بهاراتا؛ فأعيدي رفعها من جديد. يا ذات القوام الحسن، أنجبي ابنًا يضاهي بهاؤه بهاء ملك الآلهة.»

Word by Word

नष्टम्destroyed, lost

चand

भारतंof the Bharatas / Bharata (dynasty)

वंशम्lineage, dynasty

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

समुद्धरraise up, restore, rescue

पुत्रम्a son

जनयbeget, produce (give birth to)

सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped one

देवराज-सम-प्रभम्having splendor equal to the king of gods (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata dynasty (Bhārata-vaṃśa)

Indra (Devarāja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the dharmic responsibility of preserving and restoring a righteous lineage when it has been devastated—urging the begetting of a worthy heir whose qualities can uphold the family and its obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports an exhortation addressed to a woman (called “suśroṇi”) to restore the ruined Bhārata line by bearing a son of exceptional, Indra-like splendor—signaling a turning point where dynastic survival depends on producing a capable successor.