Adi Parva Adhyaya 105 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माजल छा अकाल चतुर्राधिकशततमो< ध्याय: भीष्मकी सम्मतिसे सत्यवतीद्वारा व्यासका आवाहन और व्यासजीका माताकी आज्ञासे कुरुवंश-की वृद्धिके लिये विचित्रवीर्यकी पत्नियोंके गर्भसे संतानोत्पादन करनेकी स्वीकृति देना भीष्म उवाच पुनर्भरतवंशस्य हेतुं संतानवृद्धये । वक्ष्यामि नियतं मातस्तन्मे निगदत: शूणु

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | punar bharatavaṁśasya hetuṁ santānavṛddhaye | vakṣyāmi niyataṁ mātas tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「母上よ、バーラタ（Bharata）の血脈を守り、さらに増やすため、伝統によって定められた道を申し上げます。わたしの言葉をお聞きください。」

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

पुनःagain

भरतवंशस्यof the Bharata lineage

हेतुम्means/cause

संतानवृद्धयेfor the increase of progeny

वक्ष्यामिI will tell

नियतंfixed/appointed

मातःO mother

तत्that

मेmy

निगदतःof (me) speaking/declaring

शृणुlisten

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Satyavati

Bharata dynasty

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a dynasty faces extinction, duty (dharma) may require a prescribed, socially sanctioned remedy to secure legitimate progeny; Bhishma frames the issue as an established rule aimed at protecting the lineage rather than personal desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Satyavati and announces that he will explain the fixed means to increase the Bharata line, setting up the subsequent decision to summon Vyasa and arrange progeny for Vichitravirya’s widows.