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Shloka 766

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

वरमस्मै प्रयच्छेयुस्ततो जीवेदयं शिशु: । यदि भगवान्‌ शिव, कुमार कार्तिकेय, ब्रह्माजी और भगवान्‌ विष्णु इसे वर दें तो यह बालक जी सकता है

varam asmai prayaccheyus tato jīved ayaṃ śiśuḥ | yadi bhagavān śivaḥ, kumāraḥ kārtikeyaḥ, brahmājī ca bhagavān viṣṇuś ca asmai varaṃ dadyuḥ, tadā ayaṃ bālakaḥ jīvet |

قال جامبوكا: «لو مُنِحَ هذا الرضيعُ بَرَكَةً (فَرًا)، لأمكنه أن يحيا. بل لا يكون ذلك إلا إن منحَه الربُّ المبارك شيفا، والإلهُ الفتيّ كارتيكيا، وبراهما، والربُّ فيشنو نعمةً؛ عندئذٍ وحده ينجو هذا الطفل.»

वरम्a boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
प्रयच्छेयुःthey should grant
प्रयच्छेयुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + यम्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
जीवेत्would live/may live
जीवेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शिशुःchild
शिशुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

जम्बुक उवाच

जम्बुक (Jambuka)
शिव (Śiva)
कार्तिकेय / कुमार (Kārtikeya/Skanda)
ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
विष्णु (Viṣṇu)
शिशु / बालक (the infant/child)

Educational Q&A

When circumstances exceed human capacity, the tradition frames hope in terms of divine anugraha (grace): life may be restored only through a boon from the highest deities, emphasizing humility and reliance on higher moral-spiritual order.

Jambuka describes an infant’s survival as contingent upon receiving a divine boon, explicitly naming Śiva, Kārtikeya, Brahmā, and Viṣṇu as the only powers capable of reversing the child’s fate.