Shloka 123
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
दिनक्षये महाबाहुर्मया भूय: समेष्यति । एकं वंशकरं पुत्र वीर॑ वै जनयिष्यति
dinakṣaye mahābāhur mayā bhūyaḥ sameṣyati | ekaṃ vaṃśakaraṃ putraṃ vīra vai janayiṣyati ||
“ದಿನಾಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಮಹಾಬಾಹು ವೀರನು ಮತ್ತೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುವನು. ಅವನು ವಂಶವನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸುವ ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ವೀರ ಪುತ್ರನನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವನು.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when destruction is foretold, the text frames the continuation of a righteous lineage as a stabilizing dharmic necessity—suggesting that providence preserves a seed of renewal amid catastrophe.
A prophecy-like statement says that by day’s end the mighty-armed hero will rejoin the speaker, and that he will beget a single heroic son who will carry forward the family line after widespread loss.