Shloka 13

Vyāsa’s Arrival at Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra; Commissioning of Vaiśaṃpāyana’s Recital (व्यासागमनम्)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच जरत्कारुर्जरत्कारुं यां भार्या समवाप्स्यति । तत्र जातो द्विज:ः शापान्मोक्षयिष्यति पन्नगान्‌,ब्रह्माजीने कहा--जरत्कारु मुनि जरत्कारु नामवाली जिस पत्नीको ग्रहण करेंगे, उसके गर्भसे उत्पन्न ब्राह्मण सर्पोंको माताके शापसे मुक्त करेगा

Transliteration

brahmovāca jaratkārur jaratkāruṁ yāṁ bhāryā samavāpsyati | tatra jāto dvijaḥ śāpān mokṣayiṣyati pannagān ||

Translation

Brahmā said: “The sage Jaratkāru will obtain a wife named Jaratkāru. From her will be born a twice-born son who will release the serpents from their mother’s curse.” In the narrative, this prophecy frames marriage and progeny as a dharmic responsibility undertaken not for personal pleasure but for the welfare and liberation of an afflicted community.

Word by Word

ब्रह्माBrahmā

उवाचsaid

जरत्कारुःJaratkāru (the sage)

जरत्कारुम्Jaratkāru (the woman, name of the wife)

याम्whom

भार्याम्as wife

समवाप्स्यतिwill obtain/receive

तत्रthere; in her (womb/line)

जातःborn

द्विजःa brāhmaṇa (twice-born)

शापात्from the curse

मोक्षयिष्यतिwill free/release

पन्नगान्serpents

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmā

Jaratkāru (sage)

Jaratkāru (wife)

Dvija (the future brāhmaṇa son, i.e., Āstīka by implication)

Pannagas (serpents/nāgas)

Mother’s curse (mātṛ-śāpa; implied)

Sandhi Notes