Shloka 13
पिता त्वां पातु सर्वत्र तपनस्तपतां वर: । येन दत्तो$सि मे पुत्र दिव्येन विधिना किल,“पुत्र! जिन्होंने दिव्य रीतिसे तुझे मेरे गर्भमें स्थापित किया है वे तपनेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ तेरे पिता भगवान् सूर्य सर्वत्र तेरा पालन करें
pitā tvāṃ pātu sarvatra tapanas tapatāṃ varaḥ | yena datto'si me putra divyena vidhinā kila ||
দহনকাৰীসকলৰ মাজত শ্ৰেষ্ঠ, তোমাৰ পিতা ভগবান সূৰ্য (তপন) সৰ্বত্ৰ তোমাক ৰক্ষা কৰক; কিয়নো দিব্য বিধানৰ দ্বাৰাই, এনেদৰে কোৱা হয়, তুমি মোৰ পুত্ৰৰূপে মোক দান কৰা হৈছিলা।
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Protection and legitimacy are presented as arising from divine order (divyena vidhinā). The verse models gratitude and reverence toward the divine source behind one’s birth and welfare, aligning personal identity with dharma rather than mere circumstance.
The speaker offers a benediction: the child is blessed to be protected everywhere by his father, identified as the Sun-god Tapana. The statement recalls that the child’s coming into the speaker’s lineage occurred through a divine dispensation.