Shloka 7

Gālava Completes the Horse-Gift: Garuḍa’s Counsel and Viśvāmitra’s Acceptance (गालव-विष्वामित्र-सम्बन्धः)

Devanagari script

अनपत्योऊसि राजर्षे पुत्रो जनय पार्थिव । पितृन्‌ पुत्र॒प्लवेन त्वमात्मानं चैव तारय

Transliteration

anapatyo 'si rājarṣe putraṁ janaya pārthiva | pitṝn putraplavena tvam ātmānaṁ caiva tārayāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „O königlicher Seher, o Herrscher der Erde, du bist ohne Nachkommen. Darum zeuge einen Sohn; durch den Sohn — gleich einem Boot — erlöse deine Ahnen und bewirke auch deine eigene Erlösung.“

Word by Word

• अनपत्यः: childless
• अनपत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजर्षे: O royal sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनय: beget / produce
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिव: O king (lord of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुत्रप्लवेन: by the boat of a son (son as a ferry/raft)
• पुत्रप्लवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• तारय: save / ferry across / deliver
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु) / तारयति (णिच्)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (ṇic)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• rajarshi (the addressed king)
• pitrs (ancestors)
• putra (son, as 'boat')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the dharmic importance of progeny: a son is portrayed as the means (‘boat’) by which one fulfills obligations to the ancestors (pitṛs) and secures one’s own continuity and welfare through prescribed rites and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a king described as a rājarṣi and urges him to beget a son, emphasizing that offspring are essential for performing ancestral duties and for the spiritual and social continuity of the royal line.