Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

रूपयौवनसम्पन्ने पुत्रकामे च धर्मत: । तयोरुत्पादयापत्यं समर्थों हूसि पुत्रक

Transliteration

rūpayauvanasampanne putrakāme ca dharmataḥ | tayor utpādayāpatyaṃ samartho hūsi putraka ||

Translation

ఆమె రూపయౌవనసంపన్నురాలు; ధర్మానుసారంగా పుత్రకాంక్ష కలది. కాబట్టి, బాలకా! నీవు ఆ ఇద్దరికీ సంతానాన్ని కలిగించగల సమర్థుడవు.

Word by Word

रूपयौवनसम्पन्नेin the two (women) endowed with beauty and youth

पुत्रकामेin the two desiring a son

चand

धर्मतःaccording to dharma / lawfully

तयोःof those two

उत्पादयbeget / produce

अपत्यम्offspring

समर्थःcapable

असिyou are

पुत्रकO dear son / boy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the desire for progeny as legitimate when pursued “according to dharma,” emphasizing that begetting children is not merely personal wish but a duty tied to lawful and ethical norms of lineage and household life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a statement addressed to a younger man (“putraka”), asserting that a woman—described as beautiful, youthful, and righteously desiring a son—should have offspring produced, and that the addressee is capable of accomplishing this for “the two of them.”