Shloka 7

Ruru–Pramadvarā: Lineage, Fosterage, Betrothal, and the Snakebite Crisis (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 8)

Devanagari script

अप्सरा मेनका तस्य त॑ गर्भ भगुनन्दन । उत्ससर्ज यथाकालं स्थूलकेशाश्रमं प्रति,भृगुनन्दन! मेनका अप्सराने गन्धर्वराजद्वारा स्थापित किये हुए उस गर्भको समय पूरा होनेपर स्थूलकेश मुनिके आश्रमके निकट जन्म दिया

Transliteration

apsarā menakā tasya taṁ garbha bhṛgunandana | utsasarja yathākālaṁ sthūlakeśāśramaṁ prati ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้สืบสายภฤคุ อัปสราเมนกาเมื่อกาลครบถ้วนแล้ว ได้คลอดบุตรนั้น ณ ใกล้อาศรมของฤๅษีสถูลเกศ

Word by Word

अप्सराapsaras (celestial nymph)

मेनकाMenakā

तस्यof him / his

तत्that

गर्भम्embryo, fetus

भृगुनन्दनO descendant/son of Bhṛgu

उत्ससर्जshe released/gave birth (sent forth)

यथाas, according to

कालम्time (at the proper time)

स्थूलकेशाश्रमम्the hermitage of Sthūlakeśa

प्रतिtowards, near

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Menakā

Bhṛgu (lineage reference)

Sthūlakeśa (sage)

Sthūlakeśa-āśrama (hermitage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when events involve celestial beings, the narrative frames birth within yathākāla (proper time) and within an āśrama setting, implying that auspicious timing and proximity to dharmic spaces support rightful upbringing and social-ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka tells the Bhṛgu-descendant that the Apsaras Menakā, at full term, delivered the child she carried near the hermitage of the sage Sthūlakeśa.