Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त इमे प्रसवस्यार्थे तव लोका: समावृता: । प्रजायस्व ततो लोकानुपभोक्ष्यसि पुष्कलान्‌

Transliteration

ta ime prasavasyārthe tava lokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ | prajāyasva tato lokān upabhokṣyasi puṣkalān |

Translation

ஆகையால் சந்ததியைப் பெறுவதற்காகவே உமது உலகங்கள் மறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. எனவே முதலில் சந்ததியைப் பெறுங்கள்; பின்னர் உமது பெரும் புண்ணிய உலகங்களின் பலனை முழுமையாக அனுபவிப்பீர்.

Word by Word

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रसवस्य: of procreation/offspring-bearing
• प्रसवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अर्थे: for the purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, genitive, singular

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• समावृताः: covered/enclosed/veiled
• समावृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-वृ (वृञ्/वृ)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, past passive participle (क्त)

• प्रजायस्व: beget offspring / procreate
• प्रजायस्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जा
• Form: imperative (लोट्), 2nd, singular, ātmanepada

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• उपभोक्ष्यसि: you will enjoy/partake of
• उपभोक्ष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-भुज्
• Form: simple future (लृट्), 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• पुष्कलान्: abundant/plentiful
• पुष्कलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कल
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

मन्दपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मन्दपाल (Mandapāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the dharmic priority of generating progeny: fulfillment of one’s higher enjoyments or posthumous rewards is portrayed as contingent upon completing the responsibility of continuing the lineage. Ethical life is framed as duty-first, reward-after.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mandapāla addresses another person (implicitly his partner), urging that their access to auspicious realms is ‘covered’ until the purpose of childbirth is met; he instructs that offspring should be produced first, and only then can the fruits of accumulated merit be enjoyed.