Shloka 6
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समा: | अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम्
mayā gokarṇam āsādya tapas taptvā śataṃ samāḥ | ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «لمّا بلغتُ غوكرنا مارستُ التقشّف مئةَ سنةٍ كاملة. فكان ثمرةُ ذلك أن رُزقتُ مئةَ ابنٍ—لا من رحمٍ وُلدوا، ضابطين لأنفسهم، عارفين بالدارما، متلألئين—وذلك آيةُ جزاء التابَس الطويل وفضلٍ إلهيٍّ موجَّهٍ إلى المقاصد القويمة.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Long, disciplined tapas undertaken at a sacred place, when aligned with dharma and self-restraint, is portrayed as generating powerful and auspicious results—here symbolized by radiant, dharma-knowing offspring.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that he went to the tīrtha of Gokarṇa and performed austerities for one hundred years, after which he obtained (or was blessed with) a hundred extraordinary sons characterized as ayonija, self-controlled, and knowledgeable in dharma.