Shloka 28
अध्याय ३२३ — श्वेतद्वीपगमनम्, यज्ञभाग-विवादः, एकान्तिभक्त्या नारायणदर्शन-नियमः (Śvetadvīpa Journey; Dispute over Sacrificial Share; Rule of Nārāyaṇa-vision through Single-minded Devotion)
यथा हाग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् | यथा च खं तथा शुद्धों भविता ते सुतो महान्
yathā hāgnir yathā vāyur yathā bhūmir yathā jalam | yathā ca khaṃ tathā śuddho bhavitā te suto mahān ||
ビーシュマは言った。「火が清らかなように、風が清らかなように、地が清らかなように、水が清らかなように、そして虚空が清らかなように――汝の子もまたそのように、穢れなく偉大となろう。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral purity and greatness are portrayed as qualities harmonizing with the fundamental purity of the elements; true nobility is ‘stainless’—free from inner corruption—like fire, wind, earth, water, and space.
Bhīṣma, speaking in the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, offers a benedictive assurance/prophecy to an addressed listener that their son will be exceptionally pure and great, using the five elements as a standard of natural purity.