Shloka 13
Vyāsa’s Arrival at Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra; Commissioning of Vaiśaṃpāyana’s Recital (व्यासागमनम्)
ब्रह्मोवाच जरत्कारुर्जरत्कारुं यां भार्या समवाप्स्यति । तत्र जातो द्विज:ः शापान्मोक्षयिष्यति पन्नगान्
brahmovāca jaratkārur jaratkāruṁ yāṁ bhāryā samavāpsyati | tatra jāto dvijaḥ śāpān mokṣayiṣyati pannagān ||
ब्रह्मा ने कहा—“मुनि जरत्कारु ‘जरत्कारु’ नाम की पत्नी को प्राप्त करेंगे। उसके गर्भ से उत्पन्न द्विज पुत्र सर्पों को माता के शाप से मुक्त करेगा।”
आस्तीक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents dharma as responsibility toward others: marriage and progeny are undertaken to avert harm and to liberate beings suffering under a curse, showing that personal life-choices can be ethically oriented toward collective welfare.
Brahmā foretells that the sage Jaratkāru will marry a woman of the same name, and that their son—born a brāhmaṇa—will later free the serpents from a maternal curse, setting up the future intervention that saves the nāgas.