Shloka 28

Nāga-prādhānya-nāma-kathana

Principal Nāga Names Enumerated

Devanagari script

उवाच चैनां भगवान्‌ कश्यप: पुनरेव ह । धार्यतामप्रमादेन गर्भोड्यं सुमहोदय:,इतना कहकर भगवान्‌ कश्यपने पुनः विनतासे कहा--'देवि! यह गर्भ महान्‌ अभ्युदयकारी होगा, अतः इसे सावधानीसे धारण करो

Transliteration

uvāca caināṃ bhagavān kaśyapaḥ punar eva ha | dhāryatām apramādena garbho 'yaṃ sumahodayaḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు భగవాన్ కశ్యపుడు ఆమెతో మళ్లీ పలికెను—దేవీ! అప్రమాదంతో ఈ గర్భాన్ని ధరించుము; ఈ గర్భం మహోన్నత అభ్యుదయాన్ని కలిగించును.

Word by Word

उवाचsaid/spoke

चand

एनाम्her (this woman)

भगवान्the venerable/lordly one

कश्यपःKashyapa

पुनःagain

एवindeed/just

हindeed (emphatic particle)

धार्यताम्let it be borne/held

अप्रमादेनwith vigilance/without negligence

गर्भःthe embryo/pregnancy

अयम्this

सुमहाउदयःof very great prosperity/bringing great rise

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kaśyapa

Vinatā

garbha (pregnancy/embryo)

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 verse teaches apramāda—careful vigilance and freedom from negligence—especially when entrusted with something consequential. Ethically, it frames pregnancy (and by extension any duty) as a sacred responsibility whose outcomes affect the wider world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sage Kaśyapa addresses Vinatā again, instructing her to carry her pregnancy with great care, because the child to be born will be a source of major uplift and prosperity. It functions as a prophetic reassurance and a directive for disciplined conduct.