Shloka 28
अध्याय ३२३ — श्वेतद्वीपगमनम्, यज्ञभाग-विवादः, एकान्तिभक्त्या नारायणदर्शन-नियमः (Śvetadvīpa Journey; Dispute over Sacrificial Share; Rule of Nārāyaṇa-vision through Single-minded Devotion)
यथा हाग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् | यथा च खं तथा शुद्धों भविता ते सुतो महान्
yathā hāgnir yathā vāyur yathā bhūmir yathā jalam | yathā ca khaṃ tathā śuddho bhavitā te suto mahān ||
Bhīṣma sprach: „Wie das Feuer rein ist, wie der Wind rein ist, wie die Erde rein ist, wie das Wasser rein ist und wie der Raum rein ist—so wird auch dein Sohn sein: makellos und groß.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral purity and greatness are portrayed as qualities harmonizing with the fundamental purity of the elements; true nobility is ‘stainless’—free from inner corruption—like fire, wind, earth, water, and space.
Bhīṣma, speaking in the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, offers a benedictive assurance/prophecy to an addressed listener that their son will be exceptionally pure and great, using the five elements as a standard of natural purity.