Shloka 113

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

Devanagari script

सम्मान्यमानाश्ैता हि सर्वकार्याण्यवाप्स्यथ । 'संतानकी उत्पत्ति

Transliteration

sammānyamānāś ca etā hi sarvakāryāṇy avāpsyatha | santānakī utpattiḥ, utpannasya bālakasya lālana-pālanaṃ tathā lokayātrāyāḥ prasannatāpūrvakaṃ nirvāhaḥ—etān sarvān strīṇām eva adhīnaṃ manyadhvam | yadi yūyaṃ striyaḥ sammāniṣyatha tarhi yuṣmākaṃ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhyanti ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“若你们敬重这些女子，便能在一切事业中获得成就。须知：子嗣的孕育、既生之子的抚养与护持，以及家宅与社会生活的安稳和悦地运行——这一切都系于女子。故此，若你们以应有之礼敬待女子，你们的诸般目标与职责皆将圆满。”

Word by Word

• सम्मान्यमानाः: being honored / when (they are) honored
• सम्मान्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मान्य (सम् + मान् धातु से कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कार्याणि: tasks / works
• कार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्स्यथ: you will obtain / attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• women (striyaḥ)
• offspring/lineage (santāna)
• child (bālaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that honoring women is a practical and ethical duty: family continuity, child-rearing, and the harmonious functioning of worldly/household life depend upon women; therefore respect toward them leads to success in one’s undertakings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the social and moral importance of women within household and societal life, urging respectful conduct as a means to stability and accomplishment.