Shloka 6
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समा: | अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम्
mayā gokarṇam āsādya tapas taptvā śataṃ samāḥ | ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Setelah tiba di Gokarṇa, aku menjalani tapa selama seratus tahun penuh. Hasilnya, aku dikurniai seratus orang putera—tidak lahir dari rahim, berdisiplin mengekang diri, mengetahui dharma, dan bercahaya—tanda buah tapa yang berpanjangan serta kurnia ilahi yang memihak tujuan yang benar.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Long, disciplined tapas undertaken at a sacred place, when aligned with dharma and self-restraint, is portrayed as generating powerful and auspicious results—here symbolized by radiant, dharma-knowing offspring.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that he went to the tīrtha of Gokarṇa and performed austerities for one hundred years, after which he obtained (or was blessed with) a hundred extraordinary sons characterized as ayonija, self-controlled, and knowledgeable in dharma.