Shloka 123
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः
Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition
Devanagari script
दिनक्षये महाबाहुर्मया भूय: समेष्यति । एकं वंशकरं पुत्र वीर॑ वै जनयिष्यति
Transliteration
dinakṣaye mahābāhur mayā bhūyaḥ sameṣyati | ekaṃ vaṃśakaraṃ putraṃ vīra vai janayiṣyati ||
Translation
日暮之时，这位臂力无双的英雄将再与我相会。他将只生下一位英勇的儿子以续宗祧——在毁灭之后，复兴并承载家族血脉之人。
Word by Word
दिनक्षयेat the end of the day
दिनक्षये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिनक्षय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed one
महाबाहुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me / with me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
भूयःagain
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
समेष्यतिwill come together / will meet
समेष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-इ
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
एकम्one
एकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वंशकरम्continuing the lineage
वंशकरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवंशकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वीरःa hero
वीरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
जनयिष्यतिwill beget / will produce
जनयिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootजनय्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
AbhimanyuA
a lineage-continuing son (vaṃśakara putra)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even when destruction is foretold, the text frames the continuation of a righteous lineage as a stabilizing dharmic necessity—suggesting that providence preserves a seed of renewal amid catastrophe.
A prophecy-like statement says that by day’s end the mighty-armed hero will rejoin the speaker, and that he will beget a single heroic son who will carry forward the family line after widespread loss.