Shloka 1133

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

जीवितं सम कुमाराय प्रादाद्‌ वर्षशतानि वै । उन्होंने जब नेत्रोंमें आँसू भरकर भगवान्‌ शंकरसे इस प्रकार प्रार्थना की, तब उन्होंने उस बालकको जीवित कर दिया और उसे सौ वर्षोकी आयु प्रदान की

Transliteration

jīvitaṃ saṃ kumārāya prādād varṣaśatāni vai |

Translation

Bhishma said: Śaṅkara restored the boy’s life and granted him a full span of a hundred years, answering the tearful, heartfelt prayer offered in complete surrender. This episode shows that sincere devotion and compassionate grace can reverse even misfortune that seems final, and it affirms the ethical ideal of protecting and restoring life.

Word by Word

• जीवितम्: life; living (state)
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (√जीव्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्: together; completely; equally (as a preverb/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• कुमाराय: to the boy/prince
• कुमाराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रादात्: gave; granted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वर्षशतानि: hundreds of years (i.e., a hundred years)
• वर्षशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kumāra (the boy)
• Bhagavān Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Earnest prayer and steadfast devotion, when aligned with dharma, can draw forth divine compassion; the restoration of life symbolizes grace responding to sincere surrender and the ethical primacy of preserving life.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a tearful supplication to Bhagavān Śaṅkara, the deity revives a child and grants him a lifespan of one hundred years; Bhīṣma reports this as part of his instruction in the Śānti Parva.