Shloka 20

मन्दर-समुद्रमन्थन-वर्णनम् / Description of the Churning of the Ocean with Mount Mandara

Devanagari script

एष च त्वां सुतो मातर्दासीत्वान्मोचयिष्यति । यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवाण्डविभेदनात्‌

Transliteration

eṣa ca tvāṃ suto mātardāsītvān mocayiṣyati | yadyenam api mātastvaṃ mām ivāṇḍavibhedanāt

Translation

«И этот сын тоже, о мать, освободит тебя от состояния рабства. И если ты, о мать, пощадишь и его — как пощадила меня — не допустив раскалывания (вскрытия) яйца…»

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मातः: O mother
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• दासीत्वात्: from slavery/servitude
• दासीत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासीत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मोचयिष्यति: will release/free
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मातः: O mother
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अण्ड-विभेदनात्: from the splitting of the egg (shell)
• अण्ड-विभेदनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डविभेदन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• mātā (mother; unnamed in this pāda)
• suta (son; unnamed in this pāda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical appeal grounded in compassion and restraint: sparing another from harm can lead to future liberation and the easing of bondage. Mercy shown now is presented as a cause for later freedom and well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses a mother, stating that a particular son will free her from servitude, and requests that she spare him as she spared the speaker—specifically, by not breaking open the egg (aṇḍa), implying a prior act of restraint that preserved life.