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Shloka 283

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

पुत्रार्थभाराधितवानहमात्मानमात्मना | पाण्डवोंको आनन्दित करनेवाले अर्जुन! मुझे दूसरा कोई वर नहीं दे सकता; यही सोचकर मैंने पुत्र-प्राप्तिके लिये स्वयं ही अपने आत्मस्वरूप पुराणपुरुष जगदीश्वर रुद्रकी आराधना की थी

putrārtha-bhārādhitavān aham ātmānam ātmanā | pāṇḍavān ānanditavāle arjuna! mām dvitīyo na kaścid varaṃ dātuṃ śaknoti; iti matvā putra-prāptyai svayam eva sva-ātma-svarūpaṃ purāṇa-puruṣaṃ jagad-īśvaraṃ rudram ārādhitavān asmi |

အာర్జုနက ပြောသည်— «သားတော်ကို ရလိုသော ဆုတောင်းကြောင့် ငါသည် ကိုယ်တိုင်၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ဖြင့် အလွန်လေးလံသော ပူဇော်ကန်တော့မှုကို ဆောင်ရွက်하였다။ ‘ဤဆုကို ပေးနိုင်သူ အခြားမရှိ’ ဟု တွေးကာ၊ စကြဝဠာ၏ အရှင်၊ ရှေးဦးပုရုෂ၊ အမှန်အားဖြင့် ငါ၏ ကိုယ်တိုင်သော အတ္တမဖြစ်သည့် ရုဒ္ဒရကို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့ခဲ့သည်—သားတော်ကို ရရန်အတွက်»။

पुत्रार्थfor the sake of a son
पुत्रार्थ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रार्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आराधितवान्worshipped / propitiated
आराधितवान्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआराध्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), 3, Singular, Masculine
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्मानम्the Self (as object)
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आत्मनाby oneself / with oneself
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

अर्जुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
P
Pāṇḍavas
R
Rudra (Śiva)
J
Jagadīśvara (Lord of the universe)
P
Purāṇapuruṣa (primeval Person)

Educational Q&A

The passage emphasizes purposeful devotion joined with personal resolve: when a goal is ethically framed and deeply desired, one should undertake disciplined worship and inner effort. It also presents a theological insight—Rudra is not merely an external deity but is identified with the inner Self (ātma-svarūpa), linking devotion with self-knowledge.

Arjuna explains that he sought the boon of a son and, believing no other power could grant it, he personally propitiated Rudra—described as the ancient cosmic Person and Lord of the universe—through worship undertaken by his own determination.