Shloka 33

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

स्वमपत्यं विशिष्ट हि सर्व इच्छत्यनाविलम्‌ । व्यक्त भगवता चात्र कृतमेवं भविष्यति

Transliteration

svam apatyaṁ viśiṣṭa hi sarva icchaty anāvilam | vyaktaṁ bhagavatā cātra kṛtam evaṁ bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले—खरेच प्रत्येकाला आपल्या वाट्याला निर्मळ व श्रेष्ठ अपत्यच हवे असते. म्हणून येथे भगवन् ऋचीकांनीही असेच विधान केले असणार की परिणाम तसाच नक्की घडेल.

Word by Word

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपत्यम्: offspring/child
• अपत्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विशिष्टम्: excellent/distinguished
• विशिष्टम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट (कृदन्त; √शिष्/√शास् + क्त)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वः: everyone
• सर्वः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इच्छति: desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन

• अनाविलम्: pure/unstained
• अनाविलम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाविल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्यक्तम्: clearly/manifestly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (कृदन्त; √व्यञ्ज्/√व्यज् + क्त)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भगवता: by the Blessed Lord
• भगवता: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• कृतम्: done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ + क्त)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/साधारण-भविष्यत्), प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bhagavat (revered sage; contextually Ṛcīka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Human beings naturally wish for excellent and untainted offspring; therefore, when a revered authority acts in matters of progeny and ritual, one should infer deliberate ethical intention and purposeful arrangement behind the outcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma comments that since everyone seeks a pure and superior child, it is reasonable to conclude that the revered sage involved in this episode (connected with the preparation of a ritual offering) intentionally set conditions so that a particular result would certainly occur.