Shloka 28

अध्याय ३२३ — श्वेतद्वीपगमनम्, यज्ञभाग-विवादः, एकान्तिभक्त्या नारायणदर्शन-नियमः (Śvetadvīpa Journey; Dispute over Sacrificial Share; Rule of Nārāyaṇa-vision through Single-minded Devotion)

Devanagari script

यथा हाग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम्‌ | यथा च खं तथा शुद्धों भविता ते सुतो महान्‌,'जैसे अग्नि, जैसे वायु, जैसे पृथ्वी, जैसे जल और जैसे आकाश शुद्ध है, तुम्हारा पुत्र भी वैसा ही शुद्ध एवं महान्‌ होगा

Transliteration

yathā hāgnir yathā vāyur yathā bhūmir yathā jalam | yathā ca khaṃ tathā śuddho bhavitā te suto mahān ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “As fire is pure, as wind is pure, as earth is pure, as water is pure, and as space is pure—so too will your son be: stainless in character and great in stature.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

अग्निःfire

यथाjust as

वायुःwind

यथाjust as

भूमिःearth

यथाjust as

जलम्water

यथाjust as

चand

खम्sky/space

तथाso, likewise

शुद्धःpure

भविताwill be (one who will become)

तेof you/your

सुतःson

महान्great

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

fire (Agni)

wind (Vayu)

earth (Bhumi)

water (Jala)

space/sky (Kha/Akasha)

son (unnamed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes