Shloka 40
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
पराशर उवाच प्रसाद्येह पुरा शर्व मनसाचिन्तयं नृप । महातपा महातेजा महायोगी महायशा:
parāśara uvāca | prasādyeha purā śarvaṁ manasā cintayaṁ nṛpa | mahātapā mahātejā mahāyogī mahāyaśāḥ |
पराशर म्हणाला—हे नरेश्वर! पूर्वी याच स्थानी मी शर्व (महादेव) यांना प्रसन्न करून मनातच त्यांचे चिंतन आरंभिले—या इच्छेने की त्यांच्या कृपेने मला महातपस्वी, महातेजस्वी, महायोगी व महायशस्वी पुत्र लाभावा.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical-spiritual principle that disciplined austerity (tapas) combined with inward contemplation and devotion can invite divine grace, leading to elevated outcomes—here, the aspiration for an exceptional, dharma-aligned progeny.
Parāśara narrates to a king that he once propitiated Śiva (Śarva) and began meditating upon him mentally, describing the intended fruit of that practice: the granting of a highly accomplished and illustrious son.