Shloka 11

Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)

Devanagari script

उत्पादनमपत्यस्य जातस्य परिपालनम्‌ | प्रीत्यर्थ लोकयात्राया: पश्यत स्त्रीनिबन्धनम्‌

Transliteration

utpādanam apatyasya jātasya paripālanam | prītyarthaṃ lokayātrāyāḥ paśyata strīnibandhanam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“当观女子于世间生活所象征之系缚：使后嗣得生，既生则抚育护持其子，并为爱与社会延续而维系家业之行，使其不断向前。”

Word by Word

• उत्पादनम्: producing, begetting
• उत्पादनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पादन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अपत्यस्य: of offspring
• अपत्यस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जातस्य: of the born (child)
• जातस्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परिपालनम्: nurturing, protection
• परिपालनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिपालन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीत्यर्थम्: for the sake of affection/pleasure
• प्रीत्यर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीत्यर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकयात्रायाः: of worldly life/maintenance of society
• लोकयात्रायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यत: see!, behold! (you all)
• पश्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

• स्त्रीनिबन्धनम्: the binding/constraint by women (i.e., dependence on women)
• स्त्रीनिबन्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीनिबन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma highlights the household’s ethical and social continuity: procreation, the careful rearing of children, and the affectionate bonds that sustain lokayātrā (the ongoing course of worldly life).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma is explaining aspects of gṛhastha-life, pointing to women’s central role as a ‘bond’ that holds together family lineage, child-rearing duties, and the affectionate functioning of society.