Shloka 6

The Jyeṣṭha Full-Moon Vow, the Birth of the Maruts, and the Outline of Secondary Creation

Manvantaras

Devanagari script

कथयंतु भवंतो मे पुत्रशोकविनाशनम् । व्रतं सौभाग्यफलदमिहलोके परत्र च

Transliteration

kathayaṃtu bhavaṃto me putraśokavināśanam | vrataṃ saubhāgyaphaladamihaloke paratra ca

Translation

ഹേ മഹാത്മാക്കളേ, പുത്രവിയോഗശോകം നശിപ്പിക്കുകയും ഇഹലോകത്തിലും പരലോകത്തിലും സൗഭാഗ്യഫലം നൽകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു വ്രതം എനിക്കു പറഞ്ഞു തരുവിൻ।

Word by Word

• कथयन्तु: let (you all) tell
• कथयन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathay (धातु, णिच् causative of कथ्/कथ)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवन्तः: you (honored ones)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• पुत्रशोकविनाशनम्: the destruction of grief for a son
• पुत्रशोकविनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रशोकस्य विनाशनम्)

• व्रतम्: vow; observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यफलदम्: granting the fruit of good fortune
• सौभाग्यफलदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + da (धातु) → da (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सौभाग्यस्य फलदं) विशेषण (of vratam)

• इहलोके: in this world
• इहलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iha (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास (इह + लोके = in this world)

• परत्र: in the next world
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (elsewhere; in the next world)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified petitioner (speaker not identifiable from this single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कथयंतु = कथयन्तु (अनुस्वार-लेखन); सौभाग्यफलदम् = सौभाग्य + फलदम्; इहलोके = इह + लोके (अव्ययीभाव).

FAQs

What kind of religious practice is requested in this verse?

The verse asks for a specific vrata (vow/observance) believed to remove intense sorrow (here, grief connected with a son) and to grant auspicious fortune in both worldly life and the afterlife.

Does this verse mention any deity or tirtha directly?

No. In this single shloka, no deity, place of pilgrimage, or named figure is explicitly mentioned.

What ethical or spiritual theme is emphasized here?

It highlights seeking dharmic remedies—disciplined vows and observances—for transforming personal suffering into spiritual merit and well-being across both this life and the next.