Shloka 11
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
एका शताधिका बाला भविष्यति कनीयसी । ततो दौहित्रजालल्लोकादबाह्मोइसौ पतिर्मम,यदि सौ पुत्रोंके अतिरिक्त एक छोटी कन्या हो जायगी तो मेरे ये पति दौहित्रके पुण्यसे प्राप्त होनेवाले उत्तम लोकोंसे भी वंचित नहीं रहेंगे
ekā śatādhikā bālā bhaviṣyati kanīyasī | tato dauhitrajāl lokād abāhmo 'sau patir mama | yadi sa putrānām atiriktaṃ ekā kanyā bhavet, tadā me patir dauhitra-puṇya-prāptān uttamān lokān na hāsyati |
Vaiśampāyana said: “There will be one more than a hundred children, and the youngest will be a girl. If, in addition to the sons, a single little daughter is born, then my husband will not be deprived of the excellent worlds attained through the merit of a daughter’s son.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic idea about lineage and merit: the presence of a daughter (and thus a daughter’s son) is portrayed as spiritually significant, ensuring access to auspicious realms through the merit associated with descendants through the daughter.
Vaiśampāyana reports a statement about future offspring: there will be more than a hundred children, with the youngest being a girl, and the birth of this daughter is said to secure the husband’s attainment of excellent worlds through the merit of a daughter’s son.