Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ख्यात: सुवर्णष्ठीवीति पुत्रस्तव भविष्यति । रक्ष्यश्ष देवराजात्‌ स देवराजसमद्युति:,तुम्हारा वह पुत्र सुवर्णष्ठीवीके नामसे विख्यात तथा देवराज इन्द्रके समान तेजस्वी होगा। तुम्हें देवराजसे सदा उसकी रक्षा करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

khyātaḥ suvarṇaṣṭhīvīti putras tava bhaviṣyati | rakṣyaś ca devarājāt sa devarājasamadyutiḥ ||

Translation

パルヴァタは言った。「汝の子は生まれ、『スヴァルナシュティーヴィン』の名で世に知られよう。彼は天帝インドラに等しい光輝を備える。ゆえに汝は常に、デーヴァラージャ（インドラ）から彼を守らねばならぬ。」

Word by Word

ख्यातःrenowned

सुवर्णष्ठीवीSuvarṇaṣṭhīvī (proper name)

इतिthus (quotative)

पुत्रःson

तवof you/your

भविष्यतिwill be / will become

रक्ष्यःto be protected / protectable

देवराजात्from the king of gods (Indra)

सःhe

देवराजसमद्युतिḥhaving splendor equal to Indra

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parvata

Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devarāja (Indra)

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 frames parental and royal duty as protective responsibility: extraordinary power or brilliance can attract hostility even from the divine realm, so dharma requires vigilance and safeguarding the vulnerable, especially one’s child.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parvata delivers a prophecy: the listener will have a son named Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin, radiant like Indra. Because such radiance may provoke Indra’s threat, Parvata warns that the child must be protected from Devarāja (Indra).