Shloka 6
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
मया गोकर्णमासाद्य तपस्तप्त्वा शतं समा: | अयोनिजानां दान्तानां धर्मज्ञानां सुवर्चसाम्
mayā gokarṇam āsādya tapas taptvā śataṃ samāḥ | ayonijānāṃ dāntānāṃ dharmajñānāṃ suvarcasām ||
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Tendo alcançado Gokarṇa, pratiquei austeridades por cem anos completos. Como resultado, vieram a mim cem filhos—não nascidos de ventre algum, autocontrolados, conhecedores do dharma e radiantes—sinal do fruto de um tapas sustentado e do favor divino voltado a fins justos.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Long, disciplined tapas undertaken at a sacred place, when aligned with dharma and self-restraint, is portrayed as generating powerful and auspicious results—here symbolized by radiant, dharma-knowing offspring.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that he went to the tīrtha of Gokarṇa and performed austerities for one hundred years, after which he obtained (or was blessed with) a hundred extraordinary sons characterized as ayonija, self-controlled, and knowledgeable in dharma.