Shloka 12
Devanagari script
कद्रूश्न लब्ध्वा पुत्राणां सहस्र॑ तुल्यवर्चसाम् । धार्यो प्रयत्नतो गर्भावित्युक्त्वा स महातपा:
Transliteration
kadrūś ca labdhvā putrāṇāṁ sahasraṁ tulyavarcāsām | dhāryo prayatnato garbha ity uktvā sa mahātapāḥ ||
Translation
କଦ୍ରୂ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମାନ ତେଜସ୍ବୀ ଏକ ସହସ୍ର ପୁତ୍ରଙ୍କ ବର ପାଇଲେ। ତେବେ ସେଇ ମହାତପସ୍ବୀ କହିଲେ—“ତୁମେ ଦୁହେଁ ନିଜ-ନିଜ ଗର୍ଭକୁ ଯତ୍ନପୂର୍ବକ ଧାରଣ ଓ ରକ୍ଷା କର।”
Word by Word
कद्रूof Kadru
कद्रू:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकद्रू
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
लब्ध्वाhaving obtained
लब्ध्वा:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
पुत्राणाम्of sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुल्यवर्चसाम्of equal splendor
तुल्यवर्चसाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootतुल्यवर्चस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
धार्यःto be borne / should be carried
धार्यः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootधार्य
Formयत् (gerundive/future passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रयत्नतःwith effort; carefully
प्रयत्नतः:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रयत्न
Formablatival adverb (-तः)
गर्भःthe embryo/pregnancy
गर्भः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातपाःthe great ascetic (one of great austerity)
महातपाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
शौनक उवाच
Characters & Entities
श
शौनक (Śaunaka)क
कद्रू (Kadrū)प
पुत्राः (sons)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A gift or boon brings duty: when life and lineage are granted, one must protect and sustain it through careful, disciplined effort (prayatna), guided by dharma.
Śaunaka recounts that Kadrū obtained a thousand radiant sons, and the great ascetic speaker in the story emphasizes that the pregnancy/embryos must be carefully carried and safeguarded.