Shloka 25

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

गुणवन्तमपत्यं सा अचिराज्जनयिष्यति । मम प्रसादात्‌ कल्याणि माभूत्‌ ते प्रणयोडन्यूथा,“कल्याणि! मेरे प्रसादसे तुम्हारी माता शीघ्र ही गुणवान्‌ पुत्रको जन्म देगी। तुम्हारा प्रेमपूर्ण अनुरोध असफल नहीं होगा

Transliteration

guṇavantam apatyaṃ sā acirāj janayiṣyati | mama prasādāt kalyāṇi mābhūt te praṇayo 'nṛthā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O auspicious one, by my favor your mother will soon give birth to a virtuous child. Let not your loving request prove fruitless.”

Word by Word

गुणवन्तम्virtuous, possessing good qualities

अपत्यम्offspring, child

साshe

अचिरात्soon, before long

जनयिष्यतिwill beget / will give birth to

ममof me, my

प्रसादात्from (my) favor/grace

कल्याणिO auspicious one

माdo not

अभूत्may it not be / let it not happen

तेof you, your

प्रणयःaffectionate request / love

अन्यूथाotherwise, in vain, contrary-wise

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

kalyāṇi (addressed woman)

mother (mātā, implied)

offspring/son (apatya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous elder’s benevolent assurance (prasāda) should remove anxiety: sincere, affectionate petitions aligned with dharma are not meant to end in futility, and the highest wish is not merely progeny but virtuous progeny (guṇavantam apatyaṃ).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a woman respectfully as “kalyāṇi,” promising that her mother will soon bear a virtuous child, and he comforts her that her loving request will not go in vain.