Shloka 11
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
एका शताधिका बाला भविष्यति कनीयसी । ततो दौहित्रजालल्लोकादबाह्मोइसौ पतिर्मम,यदि सौ पुत्रोंके अतिरिक्त एक छोटी कन्या हो जायगी तो मेरे ये पति दौहित्रके पुण्यसे प्राप्त होनेवाले उत्तम लोकोंसे भी वंचित नहीं रहेंगे
ekā śatādhikā bālā bhaviṣyati kanīyasī | tato dauhitrajāl lokād abāhmo 'sau patir mama | yadi sa putrānām atiriktaṃ ekā kanyā bhavet, tadā me patir dauhitra-puṇya-prāptān uttamān lokān na hāsyati |
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Haverá uma criança a mais do que cem, e a mais nova será uma menina. Se, além dos filhos, nascer uma única filhinha, então meu esposo não será privado dos excelentes mundos alcançados pelo mérito do filho de uma filha.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic idea about lineage and merit: the presence of a daughter (and thus a daughter’s son) is portrayed as spiritually significant, ensuring access to auspicious realms through the merit associated with descendants through the daughter.
Vaiśampāyana reports a statement about future offspring: there will be more than a hundred children, with the youngest being a girl, and the birth of this daughter is said to secure the husband’s attainment of excellent worlds through the merit of a daughter’s son.