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Shloka 49

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

कश्यपो गोत्रकामस्तु चचार स पुनस्तपः पुत्रो गोत्रकरो मह्यं भवताद् इति चिन्तयन्

kaśyapo gotrakāmastu cacāra sa punastapaḥ putro gotrakaro mahyaṃ bhavatād iti cintayan

ด้วยความปรารถนาจะสถาปนาโคตร กัศยปะจึงบำเพ็ญตบะอีกครั้ง พลางรำพึงว่า “ขอให้ข้าพเจ้ามีบุตรผู้เป็นผู้ตั้งและผู้ธำรงโคตรของข้าพเจ้าเถิด”

कश्यपःKaśyapa
कश्यपः:
गोत्रकामःdesiring a gotra/lineage
गोत्रकामः:
तुindeed
तु:
चचारpracticed/undertook
चचार:
सःhe
सः:
पुनःagain
पुनः:
तपःausterity, tapas
तपः:
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
गोत्रकरःfounder/establisher of the lineage
गोत्रकरः:
मह्यम्for me
मह्यम्:
भवतात्may there be/may he become
भवतात्:
इतिthus
इति:
चिन्तयन्contemplating, thinking
चिन्तयन्:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

K
Kashyapa

FAQs

It highlights tapas (austerity) as a Shaiva means to gain anugraha (divine favor): the pashu (individual seeker) turns inward with disciplined practice to receive grace that sustains dharma and lineage.

Implicitly, Shiva-tattva is the unseen Pati who responds to purified intention and tapas—granting worldly support (progeny and continuity) while remaining the transcendent source behind creation-order.

Tapas—sustained ascetic discipline and focused intention—functioning like a preparatory limb aligned with Pashupata-oriented self-purification (reducing pasha to make the seeker fit for grace).