Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 38, Shloka 6

सगरस्य पुत्रलाभः

Sagara’s Boons, Progeny, and the Rise of the Sixty Thousand

Devanagari script

अथ वर्षशते पूर्णे तपसाऽराधितो मुनि:।सगराय वरं प्रादाद्भृगुस्सत्यवतां वर:।।।।

Transliteration

atha varṣaśate pūrṇe tapasārādhito muniḥ | sagarāya varaṃ prādād bhṛguḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

ତାପରେ ଶତବର୍ଷ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହେଲାପରେ, ତପସ୍ୟାରେ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହୋଇ ସତ୍ୟବାନମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ମୁନି ଭୃଗୁ ସଗରଙ୍କୁ ବର ଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then)

• वर्षशते: when a hundred years (were completed)
• वर्षशते: Kāla-Adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं वर्षाणि)

• पूर्णे: completed
• पूर्णे: Kāla-Adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वर्षशते)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• आराधितः: being pleased/propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been propitiated/pleased’

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सगराय: to Sagara
• सगराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रादात्: gave, granted
• प्रादात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक

• सत्यवताम्: of the truthful
• सत्यवताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of the truthful’

• वरः: best
• वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of bhṛguḥ)

Context

When Sagara completed a hundred years in austerities, highly pleased by his performance, ascetic Bhrugu, the best among the truthful granted him a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sagara
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Spiritual authority is grounded in satya and tapas: the boon comes not from favoritism, but from disciplined effort and the sage’s truth-rooted character.

What is the narrative situation?

After a long period of penance, Bhṛgu appears (or responds) and grants Sagara a boon.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Satyatva (truthfulness) as an ideal of sages, and tapas as the means by which desires are purified and fulfilled.