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Shloka 16

Ambā’s Vow of Tapas after Paraśurāma’s Assessment (अम्बाया तपोव्रतनिश्चयः)

पुत्रवत्‌ पुत्रकार्याणि सर्वाणि समकारयत्‌ । रक्षणं चैव मन्त्रस्य महिषी द्रुपदस्य सा

putravat putrakāryāṇi sarvāṇi samakārayat | rakṣaṇaṁ caiva mantrasya mahiṣī drupadasya sā, narendra |

ભીષ્મે કહ્યું— હે નરેન્દ્ર! દ્રુપદે તે છુપાવેલા સંતાન માટે પુત્ર સમાન સર્વ કાર્ય અને સંસ્કાર કરાવ્યા. દ્રુપદની રાણીએ તે રહસ્યનું રક્ષણ કરવા સર્વ ઉપાય કર્યા; તે હંમેશા તેને ‘પુત્ર’ કહીને જ સંબોધતી. નગરમાં દ્રુપદને છોડીને બીજું કોઈ જાણતું ન હતું કે તે કન્યા છે।

पुत्रवत्like (as) a son
पुत्रवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुत्रवत्
FormAvyaya (comparative adverbial: 'like a son')
पुत्रकार्याणिduties/rites of a son
पुत्रकार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रकार्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
समकारयत्caused to be done / had performed
समकारयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + कृ (कारयति)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; Causative (ṇic)
रक्षणम्protection/keeping (safe)
रक्षणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
FormAvyaya
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
FormAvyaya
मन्त्रस्यof the secret/counsel
मन्त्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महिषीqueen
महिषी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहिषी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
द्रुपदस्यof Drupada
द्रुपदस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुपद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नरेन्द्रO king (lord of men)
नरेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
D
Drupada
D
Drupada’s queen (mahiṣī)
T
the concealed child (the girl raised as a son)
T
the city/kingdom (nagara)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights royal and familial pragmatism: to preserve political stability and intended outcomes, Drupada and his queen maintain strict confidentiality and perform socially recognized rites as for a male heir. It raises ethical tension between truthfulness and perceived necessity in matters of lineage and statecraft.

Bhishma narrates that Drupada secretly raises a girl as a son. He arranges all the customary ‘son’s’ rites for the child, while the queen carefully guards the secret and publicly refers to the child as a boy so that no one in the city suspects the truth.