Shloka 149

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच यस्ते पुत्रो गमितो5यं विजात: स्वर्णष्लीवी यमदात्‌ पर्वतस्ते | पुनस्तु ते पुत्रमहं ददामि हिरण्यनाभं वर्षमहस्रिणं च

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yas te putro gamito 'yaṃ vijātaḥ suvarṇaṣṭhīvī yamadāt parvatas te | punas tu te putram ahaṃ dadāmi hiraṇyanābhaṃ varṣasahasriṇaṃ ca ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ລູກຊາຍຂອງພຣະອົງຜູ້ເກີດມາ ຊື່ ສຸວັນນະສະຖີວີ, ຜູ້ທີ່ມຸນີ ປະຣະວະຕະ ເຄີຍມອບໃຫ້ພຣະອົງ, ບັດນີ້ໄດ້ຈາກໄປແລ້ວ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ບັດນີ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງປະທານລູກຊາຍອີກຄົນໃຫ້ພຣະອົງ ຊື່ ຮິຣັນຍະນາພະ, ຜູ້ຈະມີອາຍຸໜຶ່ງພັນປີ».

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गमितः: gone / made to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजातः: born/produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (जात with vi-)

• स्वर्णष्ठीवी: Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णष्ठीवी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अदात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पर्वतः: Parvata (sage)
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ददामि: give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हिरण्यनाभम्: Hiraṇyanābha (golden-naveled; proper name)
• हिरण्यनाभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यनाभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षसहस्रिणम्: having a thousand years (of lifespan)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षसहस्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Parvata (sage)
• Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī
• Hiraṇyanābha
• the King (rājan, unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores impermanence and the working of destiny: even divinely or sage-bestowed gains (like a son) may not endure, yet dharmic order also provides renewal through rightful blessings and continuity of lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada informs the king that the previously obtained son Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī—given earlier through the sage Parvata—has departed, and Narada now bestows another son, Hiraṇyanābha, promising him a thousand-year lifespan.