Shloka 59

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

ख्यातास्त्वन्नामधेयाश्व॒ भविष्यन्तीह शाश्वृता: । पितुश्न ते पुत्रशतं भविता तव मातरि,“तेरे ही नामसे उनकी सदा ख्याति होगी अर्थात्‌ वे सावित्र नामसे प्रसिद्ध होंगे। तेरे पिताके भी तेरी माताके ही गर्भसे सौ पुत्र होंगे

Transliteration

khyātās tvannāmadheyāś ca bhaviṣyantīha śāśvatāḥ | pituś ca te putraśataṁ bhavitā tava mātari ||

Translation

Yama said: “Here in this world, those (sons) bearing your name will become renowned forever. Moreover, from your father, a hundred sons will be born in your mother’s womb.”

Word by Word

ख्याताःrenowned, famous

तुbut, indeed

अन्नामधेयाःhaving your name (as their appellation)

चand

भविष्यन्तिwill be, will become

इहhere, in this world

शाश्वताःeverlasting, perpetual

पितुःof (your) father

नुindeed, surely (emphatic particle)

तेof you, your

पुत्रशतम्a hundred sons

भविताwill be (one who will be); will come to be

तवof you, your

मातरिin (your) mother (womb)

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic idea that righteous conduct and divine approval can yield enduring fame (kīrti) and the flourishing of one’s lineage; reputation and progeny are presented as lasting fruits of merit and blessing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama, speaking as a divine authority, grants a prophetic assurance: those associated with the addressee’s name will be perpetually renowned, and the addressee’s mother will bear a hundred sons by the father—an explicit boon concerning fame and progeny.