Shloka 69

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तव प्रसादान्निर्वृत्ता मम लोका: किलाक्षया: । पुत्रेण तानवाप्रोति यत्र गत्वा न शोचति,“आपकी कृपासे मुझे अक्षय लोक प्राप्त हो गये। पुत्रके द्वारा मनुष्य उन लोकोंमें जाते हैं, जहाँ जाकर वह कभी शोकमें नहीं पड़ता

Transliteration

tava prasādān nirvṛttā mama lokāḥ kilākṣayāḥ | putreṇa tān avāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati |

Translation

Sang putra berkata: “Berkat anugerahmu, sungguh aku telah mencapai loka-loka yang tak binasa. Melalui seorang putra, manusia meraih alam-alam itu—setelah sampai di sana, ia tidak lagi jatuh ke dalam duka.”

Word by Word

तवof you / your

प्रसादात्from (your) favor/grace

निर्वृत्ताःattained/obtained; come to completion

ममmy / of me

लोकाःworlds/realms

किलindeed, as is said

अक्षयाःimperishable, inexhaustible

पुत्रेणby/through a son

तान्those (worlds)

अवाप्नोतिattains, obtains

यत्रwhere

गत्वाhaving gone

नnot

शोचतिgrieves, sorrows

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

putra (the son)

tvaṃ (the addressed person, recipient of the son’s speech)

akṣayāḥ lokāḥ (imperishable realms)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms a dharmic ideal: through the merit and agency of a son—especially in the context of righteous conduct and rites—one may attain “imperishable realms,” a state described as free from grief. It also highlights the power of another’s prasāda (grace/favor) in enabling such attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses someone with gratitude, declaring that by the addressee’s favor he has obtained imperishable worlds, and he generalizes the point: it is through a son that people reach those sorrowless realms.