Shloka 108

Devanagari script

तवात्मजो मनुष्येन्द्र कुलशीलदमादिभि: । गुणैर्भविष्यति विभो सदृशो वंशयोर्द्धयो:,'शाक्तिशाली नरेन्द्र! तुम्हारा यह पुत्र कुल, शील और संयम आदि सदगुणोंके द्वारा दोनों वंशोंके अनुरूप होगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

tavātmajo manuṣyendra kulaśīladamādibhiḥ |

guṇair bhaviṣyati vibho sadṛśo vaṃśayor dvayoḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord among men, your son will grow to embody noble qualities—good lineage, conduct, self-restraint, and the like. By these virtues he will prove worthy of, and in harmony with, both the family lines.”

Word by Word

तवof you/your

आत्मजःson

मनुष्येन्द्रO king (lord of men)

कुलby lineage/noble family

शीलby conduct/character

दमby self-control

आदिभिःetc./and so on

गुणैःby virtues/qualities

भविष्यतिwill be/become

विभोO mighty one/lord

सदृशःsimilar/conforming

वंशयोःof (the) two lineages

उभयोःof both

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

a king addressed as manuṣyendra/vibho (unspecified in the verse)

the king's son (tavātmajaḥ)

two lineages (vaṃśa-dvaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Nobility is validated not merely by birth but by lived virtues—good conduct (śīla) and self-restraint (dama). A worthy heir harmonizes and upholds the honor of both parental lineages through ethical qualities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a character-forecast or reassurance to a king: the king’s son will be endowed with virtues such as noble conduct and self-control, and will be fitting to both family lines—implying legitimacy, stability, and moral fitness amid the larger wartime context of the Drona Parva.