Shloka 5
भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शमोपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel of Conciliation to Duryodhana
पित्र्यमंशं प्रणष्टं च पुनरप्युद्धरिष्यति । भ्रातृभि: सहित: श्रीमांस्त्रीन् मेधानाहरिष्यति
pitryam aṁśaṁ praṇaṣṭaṁ ca punar apy uddhariṣyati | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ śrīmāṁs trīn medhān āhariṣyati |
وہ اپنے آبائی وراثت کا جو حصہ ضائع ہو چکا ہے، اسے پھر سے واپس لے آئے گا۔ بھائیوں کے ساتھ وہ جلیل و شادمان ہو کر تین اشومیدھ یَجْن بھی کرائے گا۔
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous kingship as the recovery of one’s legitimate ancestral share and the re-establishment of order, followed by public acts of dharma such as great Vedic sacrifices performed in prosperity and stability.
A son speaks a prophetic assurance: the child/hero will regain the lost paternal portion of the realm and, together with his brothers, will later celebrate sovereignty and success by conducting three Aśvamedha sacrifices.