Shloka 69
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
तव प्रसादान्निर्वृत्ता मम लोका: किलाक्षया: । पुत्रेण तानवाप्रोति यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
tava prasādān nirvṛttā mama lokāḥ kilākṣayāḥ | putreṇa tān avāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati |
পুত্র বলল—আপনার প্রসাদে আমি নিশ্চয়ই অক্ষয় লোক লাভ করেছি। পুত্রের দ্বারাই মানুষ সেই লোকসমূহে পৌঁছে; সেখানে গিয়ে আর কখনও শোকে পতিত হয় না।
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms a dharmic ideal: through the merit and agency of a son—especially in the context of righteous conduct and rites—one may attain “imperishable realms,” a state described as free from grief. It also highlights the power of another’s prasāda (grace/favor) in enabling such attainment.
A son addresses someone with gratitude, declaring that by the addressee’s favor he has obtained imperishable worlds, and he generalizes the point: it is through a son that people reach those sorrowless realms.