Shloka 41

Devanagari script

प्रादुरास्तां ततस्तस्य करो जलजसंनिभौ । शंखकी वह बात सुनकर लिखितने उस समय पवित्र नदी बाहुदामें स्नान किया और पितरोंका तर्पण करनेके लिये चेष्टा आरम्भ की। इतनेहीमें उनके कमल-सदृश सुन्दर दो हाथ प्रकट हो गये || ४० $ ।। ततः स विस्मितो क्रातुर्दर्शयामास तौ करो,तदनन्तर लिखितने चकित होकर अपने भाईको वे दोनों हाथ दिखाये। तब शंखने उनसे कहा--'भाई! इस विषयमें तुम्हें शंका नहीं होनी चाहिये। मैंने तपस्यासे तुम्हारे हाथ उत्पन्न किये हैं। यहाँ दैवका विधान ही सफल हुआ है

Transliteration

prādurāstāṃ tatastasya karau jalajasaṃnibhau |

Translation

И тогда, в то самое мгновение, у него явились две руки — прекрасные, словно лотосы. Поражённый, Ликхита показал эти руки своему брату. Шанкха сказал: «Брат, не сомневайся в этом. Моей аскезой (тапасом) я породил для тебя руки; здесь исполнилось установление судьбы».

Word by Word

प्रादुर्manifest, forth

आस्ताम्let there be / there appeared (dual)

ततःthen, thereafter

तस्यof him / his

करौtwo hands

जलज-संनिभौresembling lotuses

Speaker

शंख उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaṅkha

Likhita

hands (karau)

lotus (jalaja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The episode underscores that sincere atonement and adherence to dharma can lead to restoration, and that tapas (austerity) and moral resolve are portrayed as powerful forces; it also frames outcomes as aligning with daiva-vidhāna (the larger moral order or destiny).

What is happening in the narrative?

After Likhita’s act of expiation, two lotus-like hands manifest. Likhita, astonished, shows them to his brother Śaṅkha, who explains that through his austerity he has caused the hands to appear and that the divine ordinance has come to fruition.