Devi Bhagavatam 7.13.36 — Devi Gita & Liberation, Skandha 7, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 36

Vishvamitra Resolves to Uplift Trishanku from His Curse

Devanagari script

पुत्रमेकं ददाम्यद्य कस्मैचिद्धनिने किल । गृहीत्वा तस्य मौल्यं तु तेन द्रव्येण बालकान्

Transliteration

putramekaṃ dadāmyadya kasmaiciddhanine kila | gṛhītvā tasya maulyaṃ tu tena dravyeṇa bālakān

Translation

ငါဆုံးဖြတ်လိုက်တယ်- ဒီနေ့ ငါ့သားတစ်ယောက်ကို သူဌေးတစ်ယောက်ဆီ ပေးလိုက်မယ် (ရောင်းလိုက်မယ်)။ သူ့ရဲ့တန်ဖိုးကိုယူပြီး အဲဒီဥစ္စာနဲ့...

Word by Word

• putram: son
• putram: karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra
• Form: Accusative Singular Masculine

• ekam: one
• ekam: visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka
• Form: Accusative Singular Masculine

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā
• Form: 1st Person Singular Present Parasmaipada

• adya: today
• adya: kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya
• Form: Adverb

• kasmaicit: to someone
• kasmaicit: sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim-cit
• Form: Dative Singular Masculine

• dhanine: to a wealthy person
• dhanine: sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanin
• Form: Dative Singular Masculine

• kila: indeed
• kila: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila
• Form: Particle

• gṛhītvā: having taken
• gṛhītvā: purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah
• Form: Gerund (Ktva)

• tasya: his
• tasya: sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Genitive Singular Masculine

• maulyam: price
• maulyam: karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: maulya
• Form: Accusative Singular Neuter

• tu: but
• tu: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu
• Form: Particle

• tena: by that
• tena: karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Instrumental Singular Neuter

• dravyeṇa: by wealth
• dravyeṇa: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dravya
• Form: Instrumental Singular Neuter

• bālakān: children
• bālakān: karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālaka
• Form: Accusative Plural Masculine

Speaker

Vishvamitra's wife

Shakti Theology

Devi Form: null

Mahavidya Connection: null

Shakti Manifestation: null

Tattva Discussed: null

Devi Narrative

Demon Antagonist: null

Devi Weapon Used: null

Narrative Source: null

Story Arc Position: setup

Tantra Dimension

Mantra Referenced: null

Yantra Referenced: null

Kundalini Element: null

Chakra Referenced: null

Tantric Practice Type: null

Bhakti & Stuti

Stuti Type: null

Recitation Occasion: null

Phala Shruti: null

Devotee Offering Stuti: null

Cosmic Feminine

Maya Aspect: Avidya-Maya

Creation Role: null

Shakti Philosophy: null

Relation To Brahman: null

Vyasa-Janamejaya Dialogue

Narrator: Vyasa

Listener: Janamejaya

Dialogue Context: The mother's heartbreaking decision to sell one child to save the others

Narrative Layer: embedded

Ritual Context

Text: None

Philosophical Significance

Text: A harrowing example of Apad-dharma where the sacred bond of family is sacrificed to preserve the lives of the remaining members, mirroring the cruelty of nature.

FAQs

What shocking decision did the mother make?

She decided to sell one of her sons to a wealthy person in exchange for money to buy food.