Shloka 45

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

कथं चाराजंक राष्ट्र शक्‍्यं धारयितु प्रभो । तस्माद्‌ गर्भ समाधत्स्व भीष्म: संवर्धयिष्यति

Transliteration

kathaṃ cārājaṃka rāṣṭraṃ śakyaṃ dhārayituṃ prabho | tasmād garbhaṃ samādhatsva bhīṣmaḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati prabho ||

Translation

ପ୍ରଭୋ! ରାଜା ବିନା ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରକୁ କିପରି ଧାରଣ କରାଯିବ? ତେଣୁ ବିଳମ୍ବ ନକରି ଗର୍ଭାଧାନର ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା କରନ୍ତୁ; ଭୀଷ୍ମ ସେ ଶିଶୁକୁ ପାଳି ପୋଷି ବଡ଼ କରିବେ।

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• अराजकम्: kingless (without a king)
• अराजकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अराजक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शक्यम्: possible, able to be
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धारयितुम्: to maintain, to uphold
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• प्रभो: O lord!
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात्

• गर्भम्: womb; conception/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समाधत्स्व: place/establish (conceive) quickly
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवर्धयिष्यति: will raise, will nurture
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वृध्
• Form: Simple Future (luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभो: O lord!
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Bhīṣma
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A stable polity requires legitimate leadership and continuity of succession; when the throne is vacant, responsible elders must act promptly to secure an heir, while guardians like Bhīṣma uphold order through protection and upbringing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa urges the concerned ruler/householder to arrange immediate conception so the dynasty and kingdom do not remain without a king, assuring that Bhīṣma will take responsibility for raising the child.