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Shloka 12

अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः

Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence

एवं शतसहस्राणां शतं तस्य महात्मन: । पुत्राणां च न ते कंचिदिच्छन्त्यन्यं प्रजापतिम्‌

evaṁ śata-sahasrāṇāṁ śataṁ tasya mahātmanaḥ | putrāṇāṁ ca na te kaṁcid icchanty anyaṁ prajāpatiṁ ||

ఇలా ఆ మహాత్ముడైన రాజుకు కుమారుల వంద గుంపులు ఉండెను—ప్రతి గుంపులో లక్షమంది చొప్పున; అతని సంతానం అపారము. ఆ కుమారులు అతనిని తప్ప మరెవ్వరినీ ప్రజాపతిగా కోరలేదు.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
शतसहस्राणाम्of hundreds of thousands
शतसहस्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशतसहस्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
महात्मनःof the great-souled one
महात्मनः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुत्राणाम्of sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कञ्चित्any (one)
कञ्चित्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इच्छन्तिdesire
इच्छन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अन्यम्another
अन्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजापतिम्lord of creatures, progenitor
प्रजापतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
P
Prajāpati
M
Mahātmā (the great-souled king referred to in the narrative, identified in the surrounding passage as Śaśabindu)
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira (addressee in the surrounding prose context)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores dharmic legitimacy in rulership: when a ruler is recognized as a rightful ‘prajāpati’—a sustaining, generative authority—subjects (here, his vast progeny) do not seek alternative allegiance. Moral authority and social stability are presented as intertwined.

Bhīṣma is describing the extraordinary progeny of a great king (Śaśabindu in the surrounding account): his sons were so numerous that they are counted as ‘a hundred hundred-thousands,’ and they acknowledged no other ‘prajāpati’ than him.