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Shloka 25

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

तस्य प्रचेत:प्रमुखा भविष्यन्ति दशात्मजा: । प्राचेतसस्तथा दक्षो भवितेह प्रजापति:,प्राचीनबर्हिके प्रचेता आदि दस पुत्र होंगे। उन दसों प्रचेताओंसे इस जगतमें प्रजापति दक्षका प्रादुर्भाव होगा

tasya pracetāḥ-pramukhā bhaviṣyanti daśātmajāḥ | prācetasas tathā dakṣo bhaviteha prajāpatiḥ ||

เขาจะมีบุตรสิบคน โดยมีเหล่าประเจตัสเป็นผู้เด่นที่สุด และจากเหล่าประเจตัสนั้นเอง ในโลกนี้ ทักษะจักอุบัติขึ้นอีกครั้งในฐานะประชาบดี

तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रचेतः-प्रमुखाःhaving Pracetas as the chief (i.e., headed by Pracetas)
प्रचेतः-प्रमुखाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रचेतस् + प्रमुख
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भविष्यन्तिwill be
भविष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormFuture, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
दशten
दश:
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन्
आत्मजाःsons
आत्मजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्राचेतसाःthe Prācetasas (sons of Pracetas)
प्राचेतसाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राचेतस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाalso/and thus
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
दक्षःDakṣa
दक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविताwill be / will become
भविता:
Karta
TypeKridanta
Rootभू
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, तृन् (agent noun, future sense)
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

ईश्वर उवाच

P
Pracetas (the ten Pracetas)
D
Dakṣa
P
Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes continuity of cosmic and social order through rightful lineage: progenitors (Prajāpatis) arise according to an ordained sequence, underscoring responsibility in creation, governance, and sustaining dharma.

Īśvara foretells a genealogical development: ten sons known as the Pracetas will be born, and from them Dakṣa will manifest as a Prajāpati, indicating the re-emergence of a key progenitor figure in the cycle of creation.