Shloka 26
Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana
Principal Nāga Names Enumerated
आरम्भ: सफलो देवि भविता यस्त्वयेप्सित: । जनयिष्यसि पुत्री द्वौ वीरौ त्रिभुवनेश्वरी,“देवि! तुम्हारा यह अभीष्ट समारम्भ अवश्य सफल होगा। तुम ऐसे दो पुत्रोंको जन्म दोगी, जो बड़े वीर और तीनों लोकोंपर शासन करनेकी शक्ति रखनेवाले होंगे
ārambhaḥ saphalo devi bhavitā yastvayepsitaḥ | janayiṣyasi putrī dvau vīrau tribhuvaneśvarī ||
Śaunaka sprach: „O Göttin, das Vorhaben, das du begehrst, wird gewiss gelingen. Du wirst zwei Söhne gebären — mächtige Helden — begabt mit der Kraft, über die drei Welten zu herrschen.“
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames success as assured when an undertaking aligns with destined outcomes, emphasizing confidence, auspicious speech, and the ethical ideal that power (rule over the three worlds) should be grounded in heroic virtue.
Śaunaka addresses a goddess-like figure, offering a prophetic assurance: her intended effort will succeed and she will bear two exceptionally valorous sons, portrayed as future world-rulers.