Shloka 23

सगरोपाख्यानम् — कपिलकोपः, अंशुमतः विनयः, तथा भगीरथपरम्परा

Sagara Upākhyāna: Kapila’s Wrath, Aṃśumān’s Reverence, and the Bhāgīratha Line

Devanagari script

ततः पुत्रसहस््राणि षष्टिं प्राप्स्यसि पार्थिव । महादेवेन दिट्टं ते पुत्रजन्म नराधिप । अनेन क्रमयोगेन मा ते बुद्धिरतोडन्यथा,'पृथ्वीपते! ऐसा करनेसे तुम्हें साठ हजार पुत्र प्राप्त होंगे। नरश्रेष्ठ! महादेवजीने तुम्हारे लिये इसी क्रमसे पुत्रजन्म होनेका निर्देश किया है; अतः तुम्हें कोई अन्यथा विचार नहीं होना चाहिये

Transliteration

tataḥ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṁ prāpsyasi pārthiva | mahādevena diṣṭaṁ te putrajanma narādhipa | anena kramayogena mā te buddhir ato 'nyathā ||

Translation

«ثم إنك، أيها الملك، ستنال ستين ألف ابن. يا حاكم الرجال، لقد قضى لك مهاديڤا (Mahādeva) أن يكون إنجاب الأبناء على هذا الترتيب بعينه؛ فلا تدع قلبك يميل إلى طريقٍ آخر». إنّ هذه المشورة تدعو إلى طاعة النظام الذي أقرّه الإله، وإلى ثبات العزم دون شكّ أو انحراف عن الوسيلة المرسومة.

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'putra': 'son', 'sahasra': 'a thousand', 'ṣaṣṭiṁ': 'sixty (accusative

• here implying sixty thousand with sahasrāṇi)', 'prāpsyasi': 'you will obtain, you will attain', 'pārthiva': 'O king, ruler of the earth', 'mahādeva': 'Mahādeva (Śiva)', 'diṣṭam': 'ordained, appointed, decreed', 'te': 'for you, to you', 'putrajanma': 'birth/begetting of sons

• progeny', 'narādhipa': 'O lord of men, king', 'anena': 'by this, through this', 'krama': 'sequence, order, step-by-step procedure', 'yogena': 'by the method/means

• through disciplined procedure', 'mā': 'do not', 'buddhiḥ': 'mind, intention, resolve', 'ataḥ': 'therefore, for this reason', 'anyathā': 'otherwise, in another way'}

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Pārthiva (the king addressed)
• Narādhipa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes steadiness and trust in a divinely prescribed order: when a course is ordained by a higher authority (here Mahādeva) and conveyed through proper counsel, one should not be swayed by doubt or seek an alternative path driven by impatience or fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king, assuring him that he will obtain sixty thousand sons. The speaker states that Mahādeva has already decreed the king’s progeny to arise through a particular sequence or procedure, and urges the king to adhere to that prescribed method without entertaining contrary plans.