Shloka 23
सोमक–जन्तु उपाख्यानम्
Somaka–Jantu Exemplar: The Quest for a Hundred Sons
तस्यामेव तु ते जन्तुर्भविता पुनरात्मज: । उत्तरे चास्य सौवर्ण लक्ष्म पारश्व भविष्यति
tasyām eva tu te jantur bhavitā punar ātmajaḥ | uttare cāsya sauvarṇa-lakṣmā pārśve bhaviṣyati ||
“Nessa mesma mulher, teu filho que partiu nascerá de novo como teu próprio filho. E no seu lado direito surgirá uma marca dourada, sinal de fortuna auspiciosa.”
सोमक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms continuity of life through rebirth and suggests that karmic destiny can restore what is lost, while auspicious signs (lakṣaṇa) are used in the epic to indicate divine or fated favor.
Somaka foretells that the same being (the lost child) will be reborn in that very woman as the listener’s son, and that the child will bear a distinctive golden auspicious mark on his right side.