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Shloka 176

बालान्‌ स तानण्डगतान्‌ सह मात्रा मुनिर्वने । जरिताके गर्भसे चार ब्रह्मवादी पुत्रोंको मुनिने जन्म दिया। अंडेमें पड़े हुए उन बच्चोंको मातासहित वहीं छोड़कर वे मुनि वनमें लपिताके पास चले गये

vaiśampāyana uvāca | bālān sa tān aṇḍagatān saha mātrā munir vane | jaritāyāḥ garbhase cāra brahmavādī putrān muninā janma dīyate | aṇḍe nipatitān tān bālān mātrā saha tatraiva tyaktvā sa munir vane jaritākāśaṃ jagāma |

అరణ్యంలో ముని జరితా గర్భంలో నాలుగు బ్రహ్మవాదులైన కుమారులను కనిపించాడు. ఆ శిశువులు గుడ్లలోనే ఉండగా, వారిని తల్లితో సహా అక్కడే వదిలి ముని అరణ్యంలో లపితా వద్దకు వెళ్లిపోయాడు।

बालान्children
बालान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अण्डगतान्gone into the egg; lying in the egg
अण्डगतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअण्डगत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
मात्राwith (their) mother
मात्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
T
the sage (muni)
J
Jaritā
F
four sons (brahmavādins)
F
forest (vana)
E
eggs (aṇḍa)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights a dharmic tension: spiritual detachment does not erase ethical responsibility toward one’s dependents. It invites reflection on how ascetic ideals must be balanced with compassion and protection for the vulnerable.

A sage fathers four learned sons in Jaritā’s womb; the infants remain enclosed in eggs. The sage leaves the egg-bound children with their mother in the forest and proceeds to Jaritā’s abode, setting up subsequent developments concerning their safety and recognition.