Shloka 13
पिता त्वां पातु सर्वत्र तपनस्तपतां वर: । येन दत्तो$सि मे पुत्र दिव्येन विधिना किल,“पुत्र! जिन्होंने दिव्य रीतिसे तुझे मेरे गर्भमें स्थापित किया है वे तपनेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ तेरे पिता भगवान् सूर्य सर्वत्र तेरा पालन करें
pitā tvāṃ pātu sarvatra tapanas tapatāṃ varaḥ | yena datto'si me putra divyena vidhinā kila ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “May your father—the Sun-god, Tapana, the foremost among those who burn—protect you everywhere. For it was by a divine ordinance, it is said, that you were bestowed upon me as my son.” The blessing frames the child’s safety and identity as grounded in a sacred, lawful order, emphasizing protection, legitimacy, and gratitude toward the divine source of life.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
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Protection and legitimacy are presented as arising from divine order (divyena vidhinā). The verse models gratitude and reverence toward the divine source behind one’s birth and welfare, aligning personal identity with dharma rather than mere circumstance.
The speaker offers a benediction: the child is blessed to be protected everywhere by his father, identified as the Sun-god Tapana. The statement recalls that the child’s coming into the speaker’s lineage occurred through a divine dispensation.