梵语IAST释义
निशम्य तत् वचः मातुः व्यासः परमबुद्धिमान् प्रोवाच अतीन्द्रियज्ञानः विधिना संप्रचोदितःniśamya tat vacaḥ mātuḥ vyāsaḥ paramabuddhimān provāca atīndriyajñānaḥ vidhinā saṃpracoditaḥhaving heard that word of his mother, Vyasa, the supremely wise, possessed of transcendent knowledge, urged on by duty, said
नागायुतसमप्राणः विद्वान् राजर्षिसत्तमः महाभागः महावीर्यः महाबुद्धिः भविष्यतिnāgāyutasamaprāṇaḥ vidvān rājarṣisattamaḥ mahābhāgaḥ mahāvīryaḥ mahābuddhiḥ bhaviṣyatiequal in strength to ten thousand elephants, learned, the best of royal sages, blessed, of great valor, of great intellect — such he will be
तस्य च अपि शतं पुत्राः भविष्यन्ति महाबलाः किं तु मातुः सः वैगुण्यात् अन्धः एव भविष्यतिtasya ca api śataṃ putrāḥ bhaviṣyanti mahābalāḥ kiṃ tu mātuḥ saḥ vaiguṇyāt andhaḥ eva bhaviṣyatiand he will have a hundred sons, all mighty; but through his mother's fault he will be blind
तस्य तत् वचनं श्रुत्वा माता पुत्रं अथ अब्रवीत् न अन्धः कुरूणां नृपतिः अनुरूपः तपोधनtasya tat vacanaṃ śrutvā mātā putraṃ atha abravīt na andhaḥ kurūṇāṃ nṛpatiḥ anurūpaḥ tapodhanahearing his word, the mother said to her son: 'a blind man is not fit to be king of the Kurus, O rich in austerity'
ज्ञातिवंशस्य गोप्तारं पितॄणां वंशवर्धनं द्वितीयं कुरुवंशस्य राजानं दातुम् अर्हसिjñātivaṃśasya goptāraṃ pitṝṇāṃ vaṃśavardhanaṃ dvitīyaṃ kuruvaṃśasya rājānaṃ dātum arhasiyou must give the Kuru line a second king — a guardian of the kinsmen's line, an increaser of the ancestors' line
सः तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय निश्चक्राम महातपाः सा अपि कालेन कौसल्या सुषुवे अन्धं तं आत्मजम्saḥ tatheti pratijñāya niścakrāma mahātapāḥ sā api kālena kausalyā suṣuve andhaṃ taṃ ātmajamhe, promising 'so be it,' departed, the great ascetic; and that Kausalya (Ambika), in due time, bore that blind son
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वचोvacooriginal form "vaco", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मातुर्māturoriginal form "mātur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रोवाचातीन्द्रियज्ञानोprovācātīndriyajñānooriginal form "provācātīndriyajñāno", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नागायुतसमप्राणोnāgāyutasamaprāṇooriginal form "nāgāyutasamaprāṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाभागोmahābhāgooriginal form "mahābhāgo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महावीर्योmahāvīryooriginal form "mahāvīryo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबुद्धिर्mahābuddhiroriginal form "mahābuddhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्राputrāoriginal form "putrā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैगुण्याद्vaiguṇyādoriginal form "vaiguṇyād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अन्धandhaoriginal form "andha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रम्putramoriginal form "putram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अथाब्रवीत्athābravītoriginal form "athābravīt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नान्धःnāndhaḥoriginal form "nāndhaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नृपतिर्nṛpatiroriginal form "nṛpatir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुरूपस्anurūpasoriginal form "anurūpas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वंशवर्धनम्vaṃśavardhanamoriginal form "vaṃśavardhanam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सापिsāpioriginal form "sāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽन्धं'ndhaṃoriginal form "'ndhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तम्tamoriginal form "tam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Vyasa foretells the birth of Dhritarashtra — mighty, wise, the father of a hundred sons, yet blind. Telling is this combination of greatness and defect: he is given almost everything — strength, intellect, learning, a hundred sons — yet his sight is taken away. Here is the subtle law of karma and conception: a single lapse of the mother (fear, closed eyes) lays a lifelong defect upon the child; so keenly does the offspring answer to the state of the parents. Telling too is the bitter foresight here: Dhritarashtra's blindness will become not only physical but spiritual — a blind attachment to his sons that will lead the line to ruin; the outward defect will prove a sign of the inward one. Here it is shown that blindness of the body is a lesser misfortune than blindness of the heart, blinded by partiality. Telling also is Satyavati's decision to ask for a second king: a blind man is unfit to rule, and so another son is needed. Thus the scripture, in showing the birth of Dhritarashtra, already sows the seed of the coming drama of the Kauravas: from this blind king and his hundred sons will come that branch whose blind thirst for power will lead to the great war.