Shloka 14

Adhyāya 62: Marutta’s Treasure and the Pāṇḍavas’ Auspicious Departure (मरुत्तस्य धनप्राप्त्युपक्रमः)

Devanagari script

पौत्रस्तव महाभागो जनिष्यति महामना: । पृथ्वीं सागरपर्यन्तां पालयिष्यति धर्मत:

Transliteration

pautras tava mahābhāgo janiṣyati mahāmanāḥ | pṛthvīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ pālayiṣyati dharmataḥ |

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O pinakamainam sa mga Kuru, may isisilang na apo sa iyo—lubhang mapalad at dakila ang diwa. Maghahari siya ayon sa dharma at iingatan ang buong daigdig hanggang sa dagat na pumapalibot. Kaya, O manlulupig ng mga kaaway, iwaksi ang dalamhati; hindi na kailangang mag-alinlangan—magkakatotoo ang aking mga salita.”

Word by Word

• {'pautraḥ': 'grandson', 'tava': 'of you, your', 'mahābhāgaḥ': 'highly fortunate

• greatly blessed', 'janiṣyati': 'will be born

• will come into being', 'mahāmanāḥ': 'great-minded

• noble-souled', 'pṛthvīm': 'the earth', 'sāgara-paryantām': 'bounded by the ocean

• extending to the sea', 'pālayiṣyati': 'will protect

• will govern', 'dharmataḥ': 'according to dharma

• righteously', 'kuru-śreṣṭha': 'best among the Kurus (honorific address)', 'śatru-sūdana': 'slayer of enemies (honorific address)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru lineage (Kuru-śreṣṭha)
• the future grandson (pautraḥ)
• Pṛthvī (the earth)
• Sāgara (the ocean/sea)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms confidence in dharma and the continuity of righteous governance: even after devastation and grief, a future heir will arise who will protect the world according to dharma, so despair should be relinquished.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a consoling prophecy to a Kuru elder/hero, declaring that a blessed grandson will be born and will rule the entire earth righteously, thereby urging the listener to abandon sorrow and doubt.