Shloka 52

Devanagari script

आख्यानं य इदं युक्त: पठेत्‌ पर्वणि पर्वणि । न मूर्ख जनयेत्‌ पुत्र॑ न भवेच्च निराकृति:,जो प्रत्येक पर्वके अवसरपर एकाग्रचित्त हो इस पवित्र आख्यानका पाठ करता है, वह कभी मूर्ख पुत्रको नहीं जन्म देता है, तथा स्वयं भी किसी अंगसे हीन या असफलमनोरथ नहीं होता है

Transliteration

ākhyānaṃ ya idaṃ yuktaḥ paṭhet parvaṇi parvaṇi | na mūrkhaṃ janayet putraṃ na bhavec ca nirākṛtiḥ ||

Translation

アガスティヤは言った。「節度ある専心によって、この聖なる物語を折々の正しい機会に（パルヴァごとに、parva につづく parva として）誦する者は、愚かな子をもうけることがない。さらにその者自身も、身体に欠けを生じず、志が挫かれることもない。」

Word by Word

आख्यानम्narrative, sacred account

यःwho

इदम्this

युक्तःcomposed, attentive, disciplined

पठेत्should read/recite

पर्वणिon an occasion/festival time; at a parvan

पर्वणिat each parvan (repetition for distributive sense)

नnot

मूर्खम्foolish

जनयेत्would beget/produce

पुत्रम्son

नnor/not

भवेत्would be/become

चand

निराकृतिःone of defective form; deformed/unsuccessful person

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Agastya

ākhyāna (the sacred narrative)

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?

Steady, disciplined recitation of a dharmic narrative is presented as a transformative practice: it cultivates clarity and auspiciousness, leading to worthy offspring and a life free from bodily deficiency or thwarted aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Agastya concludes or endorses the value of the preceding sacred account by stating its phala-śruti (promise of results): one who recites it regularly and with focused mind gains tangible and moral benefits.