Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ही 75५ 3 23. ४ / 75 (ते; आवक आय /75 80 4८१ 0-::6:28.7%7:#8 40330 6 4803 28 ४] हि हे -& ६ ५४७७ |] का जलन ८ 5 ५ हा. 3 हैः ्क 2८ श्ट १ ५ रे > ५ / है. / (रद ०:१०) २३१ / ९ ५ ; है रे) है. ३ हे |। की] ई प्रहार र 42-४४ “नाक पी 0 । /% पी 2 ५ इयं स्त्री पुत्रकामस्य बश्रोरमिततेजस: । ऋषय: साधु जानीत किमियं जनयिष्यति,“महर्षियो! यह स्त्री अमित तेजस्वी बश्रुकी पत्नी है। बभ्रुके मनमें पुत्रकी बड़ी लालसा है। आपलोग ऋषि हैं; अतः अच्छी तरह सोचकर बतावें, इसके गर्भसे क्‍या उत्पन्न होगा?

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | iyaṃ strī putrakāmasya babhror amitatejasaḥ | ṛṣayaḥ sādhu jānīta kim iyaṃ janayiṣyati ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «أيها الرِّشيّون! هذه المرأة زوجةُ بَبْهرو المتلألئ شديد البهاء. وبَبْهرو يتوق توّقًا عظيمًا إلى ولدٍ ذكر. يا أهل البصيرة، تروَّوا وأخبروا: ماذا ستلد من رحمها؟»

Word by Word

इयम्this (woman)

स्त्रीwoman

पुत्रकामस्यof (one) desiring a son

बभ्रोःof Babhru

अमिततेजसःof immeasurable splendor

ऋषयःsages

साधुwell; properly

जानीतknow; ascertain

किम्what

इयम्this (woman)

जनयिष्यतिwill give birth to; will produce

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Babhrū

Babhrū's wife (unnamed)

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages)

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 highlights the cultural and ethical weight placed on progeny and succession, while also showing deference to ṛṣis as authoritative interpreters of destiny and auspicious outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman—identified as Babhrū’s wife—is presented before sages. Because Babhrū strongly desires a son, the sages are asked to discern and declare what child she will bear.