Shloka 3

Uccaiḥśravas and the Counsel to Churn the Ocean (उच्चैःश्रवसः प्रादुर्भावः — समुद्रमन्थन-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

सचतां प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । आस्तीको नाम पुत्रश्न तस्यां जज्ञे महामना:,उसी शापकी शान्तिके लिये नागप्रवर वासुकिने सदाचारका पालन करनेवाले महात्मा जरत्कारुको अपनी बहिन ब्याह दी थी। महामना जरत्कारने शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार उस नागकन्याका पाणिग्रहण किया और उसके गर्भसे आस्तीक नामक पुत्रको जन्म दिया

Transliteration

sa cacatāṃ pratijagrāha vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | āstīko nāma putraś ca tasyāṃ jajñe mahāmanāḥ ||

Translation

Śaunaka said: “He accepted her hand in marriage through the rites prescribed by scripture. From her, a noble-minded son named Āstīka was born.”

Word by Word

• {'pratijagrāha': 'accepted (formally received

• esp. accepted in marriage)', 'vidhidṛṣṭena': 'as enjoined/seen in the prescribed rule (according to scriptural ordinance)', 'karmaṇā': 'by the rite/act (ritual action)', 'āstīkaḥ': 'Āstīka (proper name

• lit. ‘one who affirms/has faith’)', 'nāma': 'named', 'putraḥ': 'son', 'ca': 'and', 'tasyām': 'in her / from her (locative

• referring to the wife)', 'jajñe': 'was born', 'mahāmanāḥ': 'great-souled, noble-minded (epithet of the father)'}

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• आस्तीक (Āstīka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic conduct: major life acts like marriage should be undertaken in accordance with śāstric injunctions (vidhi), emphasizing responsibility, propriety, and the ethical ordering of society through sanctioned rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka reports that the marriage was duly performed according to prescribed ritual, and from that union a son named Āstīka was born—setting up Āstīka’s later role in the wider narrative involving the Nāgas.