Shloka 10

Ambā’s Vow of Tapas after Paraśurāma’s Assessment (अम्बाया तपोव्रतनिश्चयः)

Devanagari script

लेभे गर्भ यथाकालं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । पार्षतस्य महीपाल यथा मां नारदो<ब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

lebhe garbha yathākālaṁ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | pārṣatasya mahīpāla yathā māṁ nārado 'bravīt |

Translation

விதிப்படி செய்யப்பட்ட கருமத்தால் அவள் உரிய காலத்தில் கருவுற்றாள். ஓ மன்னா! பார்ஷதனின் பிறப்பு இவ்வாறே நிகழ்ந்தது— நாரதர் எனக்குச் சொன்னபடியே.

Word by Word

• लेभे: obtained/received
• लेभे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद-आत्मनेपद रूप; परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, आत्मनेपद

• गर्भम्: a pregnancy/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यथाकालम्: at the proper time
• यथाकालम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + काल (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधिदृष्टेन: prescribed by rule/ritual
• विधिदृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधिदृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश्)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• कर्मणा: by an act/rite
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• पार्षतस्य: of the son of Pṛṣata (Drupada)
• पार्षतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• महीपाल: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यथा: as/just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/told
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārada
• Mahīpāla (the king addressed)
• Pārṣata (epithet connected with Drupada/Draupadī lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of acting according to prescribed dharma—especially in rites affecting lineage and social order—presenting rightful outcomes (like conception and succession) as linked to proper, rule-governed conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, addressing a king, recounts a lineage-related event: a woman conceives at the proper time through a duly prescribed rite, and he frames his account as received tradition—what the sage Nārada previously told him—thereby lending authority to the narrative.