Shloka 117

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

तस्यायं भविता पुत्रो बालो भुवि महारथ: । ततः: षोडश वर्षाणि स्थास्यत्यमरसत्तमा:

Transliteration

tasyāyaṃ bhavitā putro bālo bhuvi mahārathaḥ | tataḥ ṣoḍaśa varṣāṇi sthāsyaty amara-sattamāḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «У него будет сын, который, будучи ещё мальчиком, прославится на земле как великий колесничий-воин. Затем, о лучший из бессмертных, он будет пребывать там, пока не достигнет шестнадцати лет».

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic Future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालः: a boy/young
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महारथः: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• षोडश: sixteen
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षोडश
• Form: Neuter (as numeral adjective), Accusative, Plural (used with वर्षाणि)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• स्थास्यति: will stay/stand
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमर-सत्तमाः: O best of immortals (gods)
• अमर-सत्तमाः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: अमर-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the gods (amara-gaṇa / amara-sattamāḥ)
• the (future) son (putraḥ)
• earth (bhū)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epic theme that personal destiny and social role (especially kṣatriya excellence) are often framed as foretold and witnessed by higher powers; greatness is presented as a responsibility that unfolds with time and discipline, not merely as birthright.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a prophetic statement to the gods: a certain person will have a son who will be recognized as a mahāratha even in boyhood, and the child will remain in that specified place/condition until he reaches sixteen years of age.