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Shloka 8

Gālava Completes the Horse-Gift: Garuḍa’s Counsel and Viśvāmitra’s Acceptance (गालव-विष्वामित्र-सम्बन्धः)

न पुत्रफलभोक्ता हि राजर्षे पात्यते दिव: । न याति नरकं घोर यथा गच्छन्त्यनात्मजा:

na putraphalabhoktā hi rājarṣe pātyate divaḥ | na yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yathā gacchanty anātmajāḥ ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“രാജർഷേ! പുത്രജന്യ പുണ്യഫലം അനുഭവിക്കുന്നവൻ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരിക്കലും താഴെ വീഴ്ത്തപ്പെടുകയില്ല. സന്താനരഹിതർ വീഴുന്നുവെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്ന ഭീകര നരകത്തിലേക്കും അവൻ പോകുകയില്ല.”

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुत्रफलभोक्ताenjoyer of the fruit (merit) arising from a son
पुत्रफलभोक्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र-फल-भोक्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
राजर्षेO royal sage
राजर्षे:
TypeNoun
Rootराजर्षि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पात्यतेis made to fall / is cast down
पात्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (द्यौः)
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यातिgoes
याति:
TypeVerb
Rootया
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
नरकम्to hell
नरकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
गच्छन्तिgo
गच्छन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
अनात्मजाःthose without sons / sonless men
अनात्मजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्-आत्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
R
rājarṣi (royal sage, addressee)
S
svarga (heaven)
N
naraka (hell)

Educational Q&A

The verse asserts a traditional dharma-idea: progeny—especially a son—generates ongoing religious merit (puṇya) through lineage duties and rites, and one who enjoys that ‘fruit of a son’ is protected from spiritual downfall and the fate attributed to the childless.

Nārada addresses a ‘rājarṣi’ (a king of sage-like conduct) and offers counsel framed in afterlife consequences, using heaven and hell as moral incentives to emphasize the value of having offspring within the dharma framework.