Shloka 13

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

अस्यां राजर्षिश्रि: पुत्रा जाता वै धार्मिकास्त्रय: । चतुर्थ जनयत्वेक॑ भवानपि नरोत्तमम्‌,*राजर्षियोंने इसके गर्भसे तीन धर्मात्मा पुत्र उत्पन्न किये हैं। अब आप भी एक नरश्रेष्ठ पुत्र उत्पन्न कीजिये, जिसकी संख्या चौथी होगी

Transliteration

asyāṁ rājarṣiśrīḥ putrā jātā vai dhārmikās trayaḥ | caturthaṁ janayatv ekaṁ bhavān api narottamam ||

Translation

நாரதர் கூறினார்—“இந்த உயர்ந்த மகளிரிடமிருந்து அரசரிஷிகளுக்கு மூன்று தர்மநெறி கொண்ட புதல்வர்கள் பிறந்துள்ளனர். இப்போது, ஓ நரோத்தமா, நீயும் ஒரு புதல்வனைப் பெறுவாயாக—அவன் நான்காவனாகட்டும்.”

Word by Word

अस्याम्in her / in this (woman)

राजर्षिश्रीःthe splendor/illustriousness of royal sages (name/epithet)

पुत्राःsons

जाताःborn

वैindeed

धार्मिकाःrighteous

त्रयःthree

चतुर्थम्a fourth

जनयतुlet (him) beget / may (he) produce

एकम्one

भवान्you (honorific)

अपिalso

नरोत्तमम्the best of men (an excellent man/son)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

rājarṣis (royal sages)

three dhārmika sons

a prospective fourth son (narottama)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames progeny as an ethical and dynastic responsibility: righteous lineage (dhārmika putras) is praised, and the addressee is urged to contribute a worthy successor—‘narottama’—so that virtue and stability continue through the family line.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a respected man, noting that a noble woman has already borne three righteous sons to royal sages, and he urges the listener to beget one more outstanding son, who would become the fourth in that sequence.