Shloka 97

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन देहत्यागे कृता मति: । ततो देवैस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनरुत्थापितस्तदा

Transliteration

putraśokābhitaptena dehatyāge kṛtā matiḥ | tato devaistu rājendra punarutthāpitas tadā

Translation

पुत्रशोकाने दग्ध होऊन त्यांनी देहत्यागाचा निश्चय केला; पण हे राजेंद्र! तेव्हा देवांनी त्यांना पुन्हा उचलून जीवनात स्थिर केले।

Word by Word

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेनby (one) tormented by grief for (his) son

देहत्यागेin abandoning the body (in death)

कृताwas made / was formed

मतिःintention; resolve

ततःthen; thereafter

देवैःby the gods

तुbut; indeed

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

पुनःagain

उत्थापितःwas raised up / revived

तदाat that time

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

देवाः (the gods)

र

राजेन्द्र (addressed king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Intense personal grief can cloud judgment and lead to a resolve for self-destruction, but the narrative affirms a larger moral-cosmic order in which life may be restored and duty reasserted; despair is not treated as the final authority over one’s actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person, overwhelmed by the sorrow of losing a son, decides to give up his body (die). At that moment, the gods intervene and revive/restore him, preventing the death and turning the situation back toward continued life.