Mahabharata — Sauptika Parva, Shloka 1536
अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः
Aśvatthāman’s Curse, Parikṣit’s Future, and the Mani’s Restitution
परिक्षिन्नाम नृपतिर्मिषतस्ते सुदुर्मते । दुर्मते! इसके बाद तेरे देखते-देखते महाबाहु कुरुराज परीक्षित् ही इस भूमण्डलका सम्राट् होगा
parikṣinnāma nṛpatir miṣatas te sudurmate | durmate! iṣke bāda tere dekhate-dekhate mahābāhu kururāja parīkṣit hi asya bhūmaṇḍalasya samrāṭ bhaviṣyati ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “May lilitaw na haring nagngangalang Parīkṣit—habang ikaw, O lubhang naliligaw ang isip, ay nakatingin na walang magawa. Oo, sa harap ng iyong mga mata, ang makapangyarihang prinsipe ng Kuru na si Parīkṣit ay magiging kataas-taasang pinuno ng buong daigdig na ito.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral causality and the endurance of rightful order: despite the schemes of the misguided, dharmic succession and legitimate kingship will prevail, and the Kuru line will be restored through Parīkṣit.
Vaiśampāyana delivers a pointed declaration/foreshadowing: even as the addressed wrongdoer watches, Parīkṣit—described as a mighty-armed Kuru prince—will become the emperor of the whole earth.