Shloka 27

Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife

Sanskrit

तन्मुहूर्तेऽभवच्चन्द्रस्तस्याः सोमसुतस्तथा ।

परस्परविपक्षौ तौ ततः पार्थिव ! ते भृशम् ॥

Transliteration

tanmuhūrte ’bhavac candras tasyāḥ somasutas tathā | parasparavipakṣau tau tataḥ pārthiva! te bhṛśam ||

Translation

ಅದೇ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಂದ್ರನು (ಸೋಮನು) ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದನು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅವನ ಪುತ್ರ—ಸೋಮಪುತ್ರನೂ ಜನ್ಮಿಸಿದನು. ನಂತರ, ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಘೋರ ಶತ್ರುಗಳಾದರು.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Manvantara episode (contextual narrator addressing a king as ‘pārthiva’)

Primary Deities

• Candra (Moon)
• Soma

Key Themes

• Manvantara
• Genealogy/etiology
• Conflict and enmity
• Cosmic personages