Shloka 10
अनपत्यस्य पुत्रो<यं देवैर्दत्तो ध्रुवं मम । इत्युक्त्वा तं ददौ पुत्र राधायै स महीपते,“मुझ पुत्रहीनको अवश्य ही देवताओंने दया करके यह पुत्र प्रदान किया है।” राजन! ऐसा कहकर अधिरथने वह पुत्र राधाको दे दिया
anapatyasya putro 'yaṃ devair datto dhruvaṃ mama | ity uktvā taṃ dadau putra rādhāyai sa mahīpate ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Mir, der ich ohne Kind bin, ist dieser Knabe gewiss von den Göttern geschenkt worden.“ So sprach er, o König, und Adhiratha gab das Kind Rādhā, nahm es als göttliche Gabe gegen ihre Kinderlosigkeit an und stellte es unter die Pflichten und Zuneigungen eines Hauses.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames parenthood and household responsibility as dharma: a child received through extraordinary means is accepted with gratitude as a divine trust, and is placed within a family through a deliberate act of care and commitment.
Adhiratha, who has no children, declares that the boy has been granted by the gods and then hands the child over to his wife Rādhā, effectively bringing him into their household as their son.