Shloka 8

Devanagari script

स गड्भजामभिसंगम्य नियोगाद्‌ ब्रह्मण: प्रभु: । गर्भमाहितवान्‌ दिव्यं भास्करोपमतेजसम्‌

Transliteration

sa gaḍbhajām abhisaṅgamya niyogād brahmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | garbham āhitavān divyaṃ bhāskaropama-tejasam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Vâng theo mệnh lệnh của Brahmā, vị chúa tể hùng mạnh đến gần Gaḍbhajā và gieo vào nàng một bào thai thiêng, rực sáng với uy quang như mặt trời.

Word by Word

सःhe

गड्भजाम्Gadbhajā (a woman; proper name)

अभिसंगम्यhaving approached / having met

नियोगात्by the command / due to the injunction

ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā

प्रभुःthe lord

गर्भम्embryo / conception

आहितवान्placed / implanted (has done)

दिव्यम्divine

भास्कर-उपम-तेजसम्having radiance comparable to the sun

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahmā

Gaḍbhajā

divine embryo (garbha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents conception not as a merely personal act but as one governed by dharma when performed under niyoga—an authorized injunction—here explicitly linked to Brahmā’s command, emphasizing legitimacy, duty, and cosmic sanction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a powerful lord, acting on Brahmā’s directive, approaches Gaḍbhajā and causes her to conceive a divine, sun-bright embryo—signaling the advent of an extraordinary figure or destiny-bearing birth.