Shloka 8

सगरस्य पुत्रलाभः

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

Devanagari script

एका जनयिता तात पुत्रं वंशकरं तव।षष्ठिं पुत्रसहस्राणि अपरा जनयिष्यति।।।।

Transliteration

ekā janayitā tāta putraṃ vaṃśakaraṃ tava | ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi aparā janayiṣyati ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ! ਇੱਕ ਰਾਣੀ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਵੰਸ਼ ਚਲਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਜਣੇਗੀ; ਦੂਜੀ ਰਾਣੀ ਸੱਠ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਪੁੱਤਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਣੇਗੀ।

Word by Word

• एका: one (of the two)
• एका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (one [wife])

• जनयिता: will be the begetter (will bear)
• जनयिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: तृन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (agent noun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘begetter/bearer’

• तात: O dear one/father (address)
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वंशकरम्: continuing the lineage
• वंशकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वंश + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वंशं करोति इति) विशेषण (of पुत्रम्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• षष्ठिम्: sixty
• षष्ठिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (sixty)

• पुत्रसहस्राणि: thousands of sons
• पुत्रसहस्राणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सहस्रं पुत्राणि)

• अपरा: the other (one)
• अपरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘the other (wife)’

• जनयिष्यति: will beget, will bear
• जनयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

O child, one wife will beget a son who will perpetuate your race and the other, sixty thousand sons, said Bhrugu.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Sagara
• Keśinī
• Sumati

FAQs

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

Dynastic responsibility is framed as dharma: producing an heir (vaṃśakara) ensures social continuity, while the boon also sets up later consequences that test dharma in action.

What is the narrative situation?

Bhṛgu specifies the form Sagara’s boon will take: one wife bears one heir; the other bears sixty thousand sons.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Acceptance of divine ordinance with humility—Sagara receives a detailed boon that will shape future events.