Shloka 19
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १३५: कुन्त्याः कृष्णं प्रति संदेशः
Kuntī’s Message to Kṛṣṇa
इदं पुंसवनं चैव वीराजननमेव च । अभीद्षणं गर्भिणी श्रुत्वा ध्रुवं वीरं प्रजायते
idaṃ puṃsavanaṃ caiva vīrajananam eva ca | abhīdṣaṇaṃ garbhiṇī śrutvā dhruvaṃ vīraṃ prajāyate |
यह आख्यान पुंसवन-व्रत के समान पुत्र-प्राप्ति कराने वाला है और साधारण पुरुष में भी वीर-भाव जगाने वाला है। गर्भवती स्त्री यदि इसे बार-बार सुने, तो वह निश्चय ही वीर पुत्र को जन्म देती है।
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a phalaśruti: attentive, repeated listening to an uplifting narrative is said to cultivate vīrya (heroic resolve) and to confer auspicious results, especially connected with progeny and character-formation.
The speaker (identified only as ‘the son’) concludes or commends a preceding story by stating its promised benefits—son-bestowal and the birth of a heroic child—especially if heard repeatedly by a pregnant woman.