Shloka 26

Devanagari script

आरम्भ: सफलो देवि भविता यस्त्वयेप्सित: । जनयिष्यसि पुत्री द्वौ वीरौ त्रिभुवनेश्वरी,“देवि! तुम्हारा यह अभीष्ट समारम्भ अवश्य सफल होगा। तुम ऐसे दो पुत्रोंको जन्म दोगी, जो बड़े वीर और तीनों लोकोंपर शासन करनेकी शक्ति रखनेवाले होंगे

Transliteration

ārambhaḥ saphalo devi bhavitā yastvayepsitaḥ | janayiṣyasi putrī dvau vīrau tribhuvaneśvarī ||

Translation

Śaunaka dijo: «Oh diosa, la empresa que deseas sin duda tendrá éxito. Darás a luz a dos hijos—héroes poderosos—dotados del poder de gobernar los tres mundos».

Word by Word

आरम्भःundertaking, beginning

सफलःsuccessful

देविO goddess/lady

भविताwill be

यःwhich/that (who)

त्वयाby you

ईप्सितःdesired, wished-for

जनयिष्यसिyou will give birth to / produce

पुत्रीtwo daughters

द्वौtwo

वीरौtwo heroes

त्रिभुवनेश्वरीO sovereign lady of the three worlds

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Devī (goddess addressed)

two sons (unnamed)

three worlds (tribhuvana)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames success as assured when an undertaking aligns with destined outcomes, emphasizing confidence, auspicious speech, and the ethical ideal that power (rule over the three worlds) should be grounded in heroic virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka addresses a goddess-like figure, offering a prophetic assurance: her intended effort will succeed and she will bear two exceptionally valorous sons, portrayed as future world-rulers.