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Shloka 45

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

कथं चाराजंक राष्ट्र शक्‍्यं धारयितु प्रभो । तस्माद्‌ गर्भ समाधत्स्व भीष्म: संवर्धयिष्यति,प्रभो! तुम्हीं सोचो, बिना राजाका राज्य कैसे सुरक्षित और अनुशासित रह सकता है। इसलिये शीघ्र गर्भाधान करो। भीष्म बालकको पाल-पोसकर बड़ा कर लेंगे

kathaṃ cārājaṃka rāṣṭraṃ śakyaṃ dhārayituṃ prabho | tasmād garbhaṃ samādhatsva bhīṣmaḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati prabho ||

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कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अराजकम्kingless (without a king)
अराजकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअराजक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
राष्ट्रम्kingdom, realm
राष्ट्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शक्यम्possible, able to be
शक्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धारयितुम्to maintain, to uphold
धारयितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormInfinitive (tumun)
प्रभोO lord!
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore, from that reason
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात्
गर्भम्womb; conception/embryo
गर्भम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
समाधत्स्वplace/establish (conceive) quickly
समाधत्स्व:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-धा
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संवर्धयिष्यतिwill raise, will nurture
संवर्धयिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-वृध्
FormSimple Future (luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
प्रभोO lord!
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Bhīṣma
R
rāṣṭra (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

A stable polity requires legitimate leadership and continuity of succession; when the throne is vacant, responsible elders must act promptly to secure an heir, while guardians like Bhīṣma uphold order through protection and upbringing.

Vyāsa urges the concerned ruler/householder to arrange immediate conception so the dynasty and kingdom do not remain without a king, assuring that Bhīṣma will take responsibility for raising the child.