Shloka 45

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

अजरश्नामरश्वैव पराशर सुतस्तव । एवमुक्त्या स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

ajarāśnāmaraśvaiva parāśara-sutas tava | evam uktvā sa bhagavāṁs tatraivāntaradhīyata ||

Translation

Parāśara said: “Ajarāśna and Amaraśva—these indeed are your sons, O son of Parāśara.” Having spoken thus, that venerable sage vanished from that very spot.

Word by Word

• अजरश्नामरश्वा: Ajarashna and Amarashva (as one person/name)
• अजरश्नामरश्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजरश्नामरश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पराशर: O Parāśara
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्या: by (these) words/utterance
• उक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the venerable one/the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: itself/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared/vanished
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + धा (धा धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• अजराश्न (Ajarāśna)
• अमरश्व (Amaraśva)
• पराशर-सुत (son of Parāśara; Vyāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the authority of a realized sage to confirm lineage and thereby clarify social and ethical obligations (dharma) connected with family identity; the sage’s disappearance signals the completion and finality of that authoritative statement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara identifies Ajarāśna and Amaraśva as the addressee’s sons (addressing the ‘son of Parāśara’), and after making this declaration, the venerable speaker vanishes on the spot, ending the encounter.