Shloka 6
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समा: | अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम्
mayā gokarṇam āsādya tapas taptvā śataṃ samāḥ | ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām ||
पाण्डुनन्दन! पूर्वकाल में मैं गोकर्ण तीर्थ पहुँचा और सौ वर्षों तक तपस्या करके शंकर को प्रसन्न किया; उसके फलस्वरूप मुझे सौ पुत्र प्राप्त हुए—जो अयोनिज, जितेन्द्रिय, धर्मज्ञ और परम तेजस्वी थे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Long, disciplined tapas undertaken at a sacred place, when aligned with dharma and self-restraint, is portrayed as generating powerful and auspicious results—here symbolized by radiant, dharma-knowing offspring.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that he went to the tīrtha of Gokarṇa and performed austerities for one hundred years, after which he obtained (or was blessed with) a hundred extraordinary sons characterized as ayonija, self-controlled, and knowledgeable in dharma.