Shloka 63

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

धारणे नास्य शक्ताहं गर्भस्य तपतां वर । उत्स्रक्ष्येडहमिमं दुःखान्न तु कामात्‌ कथंचन

Transliteration

dhāraṇe nāsya śaktāhaṃ garbhasya tapatāṃ vara | utsrakṣyed aham imaṃ duḥkhān na tu kāmāt kathaṃcana ||

Translation

ତପସ୍ବୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପାବକ! ଏବେ ଏହି ଗର୍ଭକୁ ଧାରଣ କରିବାର ଶକ୍ତି ମୋର ନାହିଁ। ଅସହ୍ୟ ଦୁଃଖରେ ବାଧ୍ୟ ହୋଇ ମୁଁ ଏହାକୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରୁଛି; କେବେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାରୁ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• धारणे: in (the act of) holding/bearing
• धारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (धृ)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शक्ता: able, capable
• शक्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (शक्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• गर्भस्य: of the fetus/embryo
• गर्भस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तपताम्: of the ascetics/penitents (lit. of those who practice austerity)
• तपताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्स्रक्ष्य: having cast off/abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• इमम्: this (one/this thing)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखात्: from/owing to suffering
• दुःखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कामात्: from desire/by choice
• कामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• garbha (foetus/pregnancy)
• tapasvins (ascetics; addressed as 'best among ascetics')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical intention: an act that appears like ‘abandoning’ is distinguished by motive—done under compulsion of suffering and incapacity, not from desire. It underscores self-restraint and moral accountability through the purity of intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced here as Bhishma in the provided metadata) conveys that continuing to bear a pregnancy is no longer possible. The speaker declares the impending abandonment of the foetus is driven solely by unbearable pain, explicitly denying any voluntary or desire-based motive.