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Shloka 46

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

एवमस्त्विति होवाच स्वां भार्या सुमहातपा: । ततः सा जनयामास जगदरग्निं सुतं शुभम्‌

evam astv iti hovāca svāṃ bhāryā sumahātapāḥ | tataḥ sā janayāmāsa jagadagniṃ sutaṃ śubham ||

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– “ဒီအတိုင်း ဖြစ်ပါစေ” ဟု မဟာတပသီသည် မိမိ၏ ဇနီးအား ပြန်လည်ဆို하였다။ ထို့နောက် သူမသည် ဂုဏ်သီလပြည့်ဝသော သားတော် ‘ဇမဒဂ္နိ’ (Jamadagni) ကို မွေးဖွား하였다။ ဤဖြစ်ရပ်သည် တပသီရိရှီတို့၏ မျိုးဆက်ကို ဆက်လက်တည်တံ့စေပြီး၊ ဓမ္မနှင့်ညီသော အိမ်ထောင်ရေး၏ စည်းကမ်းတကျ သီလတရားကို ထင်ဟပ်စေသည်။

एवम्thus, so
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उवाचsaid, spoke
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्वाम्his own
स्वाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
भार्याम्wife
भार्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
सुमहातपाःone of very great austerity
सुमहातपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
जनयामासgave birth to, bore
जनयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPeriphrastic perfect (Liṭ periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
जमदग्निम्Jamadagni
जमदग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootजमदग्नि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सुतम्son
सुतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शुभम्auspicious, excellent
शुभम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
J
Jamadagni
T
the ascetic husband (unnamed in this verse)
W
wife (bhāryā)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharmic household life guided by tapas: consent, duty, and disciplined conduct within marriage culminate in the birth of a virtuous offspring, suggesting that ethical restraint and austerity support the continuity of righteous lineages.

A great ascetic agrees to his wife’s request (“So be it”), and subsequently she gives birth to a son named Jamadagni, described as auspicious/virtuous.