Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

तस्य त्ववरज: पुत्र: शूरो नाम भविष्यति | तेषां विख्यातवीर्याणां चरित्रगुणशालिनाम्‌

Transliteration

tasya tv avarajaḥ putraḥ śūro nāma bhaviṣyati | teṣāṁ vikhyātavīryāṇāṁ caritraguṇaśālinām |

Translation

Đấng Tối Thượng phán: “Người con trai út của ông sẽ mang tên Śūra. Con cháu của họ sẽ lừng danh về dũng lực, đầy đủ hạnh kiểm cao quý và các đức hạnh.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अवरजः: younger
• अवरजः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवरज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शूरः: Śūra (proper name); hero
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name/as (called)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• भविष्यति: will be/will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• विख्यात-वीर्याणाम्: of those whose prowess is renowned
• विख्यात-वीर्याणाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यातवीर्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• चरित्र-गुण-शालिनाम्: of those possessing conduct and virtues
• चरित्र-गुण-शालिनाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चरित्रगुणशालिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

ईश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Śūra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a lineage not merely for power but for character: true renown is grounded in vīrya (valor) guided by caritra and guṇa (ethical conduct and virtues).

What is happening in the narrative?

Īśvara foretells the birth and fame of a younger son named Śūra and characterizes his descendants as celebrated for valor and virtue, as part of a broader genealogical prophecy that (in the surrounding passage) leads toward Vasudeva and Bhagavān Vāsudeva.