Shloka 15

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

तस्य योनौ प्रयुक्तस्य गर्भो भवति वा न वा । आम्रपुष्पोपमा यस्य निवृत्तिरुपलभ्यते,कभी तो वह योनिमें पहुँचकर गर्भ धारण करानेमें समर्थ होता है और कभी नहीं होता तथा कभी-कभी आमके बौरके समान वह व्यर्थ ही झर जाता है

Transliteration

tasya yonau prayuktasya garbho bhavati vā na vā | āmrapuṣpopamā yasya nivṛttir upalabhyate |

Translation

అది (వీర్యం) యోనిలో నిక్షిప్తమైతే కొన్నిసార్లు గర్భం ఏర్పడుతుంది, కొన్నిసార్లు ఏర్పడదు; మరికొన్నిసార్లు మామిడి పుష్పంలా వ్యర్థంగా రాలిపోతుంది—ఫలితం లేకుండానే దాని గతి ముగుస్తుంది.

Word by Word

तस्यof that (semen/agent)

योनौin the womb

प्रयुक्तस्यof (that which is) applied/introduced

गर्भःa conception/embryo

भवतिarises/comes to be

वाor

नnot

वाor

आम्र-पुष्प-उपमाa comparison (likeness) to mango-blossoms

यस्यof which/whose

निवृत्तिःcessation/withdrawal (i.e., falling off, failure)

उपलभ्यतेis obtained/observed (is found to occur)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when an apparent cause is present (the seed placed in the womb), the result is not guaranteed; outcomes depend on multiple conditions and may fail without visible fault. Ethically, this supports humility about agency and a measured, detached attitude toward results.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is explaining the variability of conception: sometimes the deposited seed leads to pregnancy, sometimes it does not, and sometimes it is lost prematurely—likened to mango blossoms that drop without becoming fruit.