Shloka 64

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

अदृश्यन्ती तदा वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तस्य सुतस्य सा न किंचिद् अब्रवीत् पुत्रं शुभं वा यदि वेतरत्

Transliteration

adṛśyantī tadā vākyaṃ śrutvā tasya sutasya sā na kiṃcid abravīt putraṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vetarat

Translation

তেতিয়া তাই পুত্ৰৰ কথা শুনিও একো প্ৰকাশ নকৰিলে; পুত্ৰৰ বাবে ‘শুভ’ বুলিও নক’লে, ‘অশুভ’ বুলিও নক’লে—একো নক’লে।

Word by Word

• अदृश्यन्ती: not disclosing, not making (her thought) visible

• तदा: then

• वाक्यम्: the statement/words

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• तस्य: of him, of that

• सुतस्य: of the son

• सा: she

• न: not

• किञ्चित्: anything

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke

• पुत्रम्: to/for (her) son, regarding the son

• शुभम्: auspicious, beneficial

• वा: or

• यदि: if

• वा: or

• इतरत्: otherwise, contrary, inauspicious

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; the verse reports a woman’s silence in the internal story)