Shloka 29

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ प्रगृहा मुनिश्रेष्ठो हृदयेनाभिमन्त्रय च । राज्ञे ददावप्रतिमं पुत्रसम्प्राप्तिकारणम्‌,मुनिश्रेष्ठ चण्डकौशिकने उस अनुपम फलको हाथमें ले लिया और उसे मन-ही-मन अभिमन्त्रित करके पुत्रकी प्राप्ति करानेके लिये राजाको दे दिया

Transliteration

tat pragṛhya muniśreṣṭho hṛdayenābhimantrya ca | rājñe dadāv apratimaṃ putra-samprāpti-kāraṇam ||

Translation

Tomando-o, o mais eminente dos sábios consagrou-o em silêncio no próprio coração por meio de mantra e, então, deu ao rei aquele objeto incomparável como meio para obter um filho.

Word by Word

तत्that (thing/fruit)

प्रगृह्यhaving taken

मुनिश्रेष्ठःthe best of sages

हृदयेनwith (his) heart; mentally

अभिमन्त्र्यhaving consecrated/enchanted (by mantra)

चand

राज्ञेto the king

ददौgave

अप्रतिमम्incomparable

पुत्रसम्प्राप्तिकारणम्a cause/means for obtaining a son

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (speaker attribution)

muniśreṣṭha (the foremost sage; contextually identified as Caṇḍakauśika in the accompanying note)

rājā (the king)

apratima vastu (the incomparable object/gift; described in the note as a phalaka/fruit-like item)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that spiritual efficacy depends on inner intention and sanctification: the sage empowers an object through mantra in the heart and offers it for a dharmic purpose—securing rightful progeny and continuity of the royal line.

What is happening in the narrative?

A foremost sage takes an incomparable object, consecrates it inwardly with mantra, and gives it to the king as the means to obtain a son—an act of ritualized gifting that links ascetic authority with royal needs.