Shloka 2

Agastya’s Encounter with Ilvala and Vātāpi; Dāna, Progeny, and the Renown of Agastya-Āśrama

Devanagari script

राजन निवेशे बुद्धिमें वर्तते पुत्रकारणात्‌ । वरये त्वां महीपाल लोपामुद्रां प्रयच्छ मे,“राजन! पुत्रोत्पत्तिके लिये मेरा विवाह करनेका विचार है। अतः महीपाल! मैं आपकी कन्याका वरण करता हूँ। आप लोपामुद्राको मुझे दे दीजिये”

Transliteration

rājan niveśe buddhir me vartate putrakāraṇāt | varaye tvāṁ mahīpāla lopāmudrāṁ prayaccha me ||

Translation

“O King, my resolve is set upon entering household life for the sake of begetting a son. Therefore, O ruler of the earth, I choose your daughter Lopāmudrā as my bride; grant her to me.”

Word by Word

राजन्O king

निवेशेin the resolve/decision

बुद्धिःintention, thought

मेof me, my

वर्ततेis, exists, proceeds

पुत्रson, child

कारणात्because of, for the sake of (as cause)

वरयेI choose, I seek (in marriage)

त्वाम्you

महीपालO protector of the earth (king)

लोपामुद्राम्Lopāmudrā

प्रयच्छgive, bestow

मेto me

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lopāmudrā

the King (mahīpāla/rājan)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic motive for entering household life: marriage and domestic establishment are undertaken not merely for pleasure but with responsibility—especially the continuation of lineage and social order through progeny—while observing proper consent and royal/parental sanction.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king, stating that he has decided to marry in order to have a son, and formally requests the king to give him the king’s daughter, Lopāmudrā, in marriage.