Shloka 37

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि मय्येवं मनसा भरतर्षभ । शक्तो जनयितु पुत्रांस्तपोयोगबलान्वित:,भरतवंशशिरोमणे! इसी प्रकार आप भी मेरे गर्भसे मानसिक संकल्पद्वारा अनेक पुत्र उत्पन्न कर सकते हैं; क्योंकि आप तपस्या और योगबलसे सम्पन्न हैं

Transliteration

tathā tvam api mayy evaṁ manasā bharatarṣabha | śakto janayituṁ putrāṁs tapoyogabalānvitaḥ ||

Translation

โอ ผู้เป็นยอดแห่งภารตะ! ท่านเองก็ฉันนั้น สามารถให้กำเนิดโอรสจำนวนมากในครรภ์ของเราได้ด้วยเพียงดำริแห่งจิต เพราะท่านประกอบพร้อมด้วยพลังแห่งตบะและฤทธิ์โยคะ

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

त्वम्you

अपिalso, even

मयिin me

एवम्thus, in this manner

मनसाby mind, mentally

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

शक्तःable, capable

जनयितुम्to beget, to generate

पुत्रान्sons

तपस्austerity, penance

योगyoga, spiritual discipline

बलstrength, power

अन्वितःendowed with, possessed of

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (epithet of a Bharata prince/king)

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 highlights the Mahābhārata’s idea that intense tapas and yogic discipline can confer extraordinary capacities, including the power to effect results through mental resolve; it also frames such power as something to be used within the aims of lineage and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a Bharata ruler as “bharatarṣabha,” stating that, just as something similar has occurred, he too can generate many sons through mental intention because he possesses the strength arising from austerity and yoga—pointing to a supernatural mode of begetting heirs.