Shloka 53

Devanagari script

नष्टं च भारतं वंशं पुनरेव समुद्धर । पुत्र जनय सुश्रोणि देवराजसमप्र भम्‌

Transliteration

naṣṭaṃ ca bhārataṃ vaṃśaṃ punar eva samuddhara | putraṃ janaya suśroṇi devarājasamaprabham ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Dòng Bhārata đã suy sụp; hãy dựng lại lần nữa. Hỡi người phụ nữ có dáng vẻ mỹ lệ, hãy sinh một người con trai có hào quang sánh với vua của chư thiên.”

Word by Word

नष्टम्destroyed, lost

चand

भारतंof the Bharatas / Bharata (dynasty)

वंशम्lineage, dynasty

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

समुद्धरraise up, restore, rescue

पुत्रम्a son

जनयbeget, produce (give birth to)

सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped one

देवराज-सम-प्रभम्having splendor equal to the king of gods (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata dynasty (Bhārata-vaṃśa)

Indra (Devarāja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the dharmic responsibility of preserving and restoring a righteous lineage when it has been devastated—urging the begetting of a worthy heir whose qualities can uphold the family and its obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports an exhortation addressed to a woman (called “suśroṇi”) to restore the ruined Bhārata line by bearing a son of exceptional, Indra-like splendor—signaling a turning point where dynastic survival depends on producing a capable successor.