Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच साधयिष्यामि सुश्रोणि पुत्र वै जनयिष्यसि । सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठ कन्या चैव भविष्यसि,सूर्यने कहा--सुन्दरी! मैं ऐसी चेष्टा करूँगा, जिससे तुम समस्त शशस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ पुत्रको जन्म दोगी और कन्या ही बनी रहोगी

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca sādhayiṣyāmi suśroṇi putraṃ vai janayiṣyasi | sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kanyā caiva bhaviṣyasi ||

Translation

Surya berkata: “Wahai gadis berpinggul elok, akan kubuat hal itu terjadi: engkau sungguh akan melahirkan seorang putra, yang terunggul di antara semua pemanggul senjata; namun engkau tetap akan tinggal sebagai perawan.”

Word by Word

सूर्यःthe Sun (god)

उवाचsaid

साधयिष्यामिI will accomplish / bring about

सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped one (beautiful woman)

पुत्रम्a son

वैindeed / surely

जनयिष्यसिyou will beget / give birth to

सर्वशस्त्रभृताम्of all weapon-bearers

श्रेष्ठम्the best

कन्याa maiden / virgin

चand

एवindeed / just / only

भविष्यसिyou will be / remain

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

सूर्य (Surya)

स

सुश्रोणि (the addressed maiden)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic tension between extraordinary divine gifts and the preservation of a young woman’s honor. Surya frames his boon as a way to grant heroic offspring while safeguarding her social and moral status, showing how boons in the epic often come with ethical and reputational stakes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Surya addresses the maiden (traditionally Kunti in this episode) and promises that she will bear a son who will be the greatest among weapon-wielders, yet she will remain a maiden. This sets up the miraculous birth motif central to the later emergence of a great warrior.