Shloka 35

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

तथा च कृतवत्यौ ते माता सत्यवती च सा । अथ गर्भावनुप्राप्ते उभे ते वै युधिछ्ठिर

Transliteration

tathā ca kṛtavatyau te mātā satyavatī ca sā | atha garbhāv anuprāpte ubhe te vai yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“于是，你的母亲与那位萨蒂娅伐蒂，便完全依照所劝而行，照所指示而做。随后，啊，坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira），到了时日，她们二人都怀了身孕。”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृतवत्यौ: having done (they two women did)
• कृतवत्यौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृतवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• ते: those two (women)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवती: Satyavatī
• सत्यवती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• गर्भान्: pregnancies/embryos (conceptions)
• गर्भान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुप्राप्ते: when (they two) had obtained/attained
• अनुप्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• उभे: both (women)
• उभे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• ते: those two
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Satyavatī
• mātā (Yudhiṣṭhira’s mother)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how counsel and deliberate action within accepted social duties can shape lineage and future outcomes; it highlights responsibility in intimate, family-bound decisions and their far-reaching consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma reports to Yudhiṣṭhira that his mother and Satyavatī followed the given advice exactly, and afterward both women became pregnant in due course.