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,'जैसे अग्नि, जैसे वायु, जैसे पृथ्वी, जैसे जल और जैसे आकाश शुद्ध है, तुम्हारा पुत्र भी वैसा ही शुद्ध एवं महान् होगा
yathā hāgnir yathā vāyur yathā bhūmir yathā jalam | yathā ca khaṃ tathā śuddho bhavitā te suto mahān ||
ಅಗ್ನಿಯಂತೆ ಶುದ್ಧ, ವಾಯುವಂತೆ ಶುದ್ಧ, ಭೂಮಿಯಂತೆ ಶುದ್ಧ, ಜಲದಂತೆ ಶುದ್ಧ, ಆಕಾಶದಂತೆ ಶುದ್ಧ—ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರನು ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ ಮಹಾನ್ ಆಗುವನು.
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.