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Shloka 30

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

तत इष्टिं चकारर्षिस्तस्य वै पुत्रकामिकीम्‌ । अथास्य तनयो जज्ञे प्रतर्दन इति श्रुतः,तब ऋषिने राजासे पुत्रेष्टि यज्ञ कराया। इससे उनके प्रतर्दन नामसे विख्यात पुत्र हुआ महाराज! इसी तरह मैंने गृत्समदके वंशका भी विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन किया है। अब और क्या पूछ रहे हो? ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि वीतहव्योपाख्यानं नाम त्रिंशोडध्याय:

tata iṣṭiṁ cakārārṣis tasya vai putrakāmikīm | athāsya tanayo jajñe pratardana iti śrutaḥ ||

Bhīṣma dijo: «Entonces el sabio realizó para él el rito sacrificial destinado a obtener un hijo. A su debido tiempo le nació un hijo, célebre con el nombre de Pratardana. Así he descrito ya, con detalle, la expansión del linaje de Gṛtsamada. ¿Qué más deseas preguntar?»

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
इष्टिम्sacrificial rite (iṣṭi)
इष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चकारperformed, did
चकार:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
ऋषिःthe sage
ऋषिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
पुत्रकामिकीम्intended for obtaining a son
पुत्रकामिकीम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्रकामिका
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अथthen, thereafter
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अस्यof him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तनयःson
तनयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतनय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जज्ञेwas born
जज्ञे:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
प्रतर्दनःPratardana (name)
प्रतर्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतर्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus, as
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रुतःheard/known (as), reputed
श्रुतः:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
R
Rishi (unnamed sage)
P
Pratardana
G
Gṛtsamada (mentioned in the surrounding narrative)
P
Putreṣṭi / son-seeking sacrifice (object/rite)

Educational Q&A

The passage underscores the traditional dharmic linkage between rightful desire (for progeny), sanctioned ritual means (a putra-kāmā iṣṭi/putreṣṭi), and the continuity of lineage. It also models narrative closure: once a genealogy has been properly recounted, further questioning should be purposeful rather than repetitive.

Bhishma recounts that a sage performs a son-bestowing sacrificial rite for a king, resulting in the birth of a son named Pratardana. He then remarks that he has already explained the expansion of Gṛtsamada’s line in detail and asks what else the listener wishes to know.