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Shloka 23

सोमक–जन्तु उपाख्यानम्

Somaka–Jantu Exemplar: The Quest for a Hundred Sons

तस्यामेव तु ते जन्तुर्भविता पुनरात्मज: । उत्तरे चास्य सौवर्ण लक्ष्म पारश्व भविष्यति

tasyām eva tu te jantur bhavitā punar ātmajaḥ | uttare cāsya sauvarṇa-lakṣmā pārśve bhaviṣyati ||

ในสตรีผู้นั้นเอง ชันตุจักบังเกิดใหม่เป็นบุตรของท่านอีกครั้ง และที่สีข้างขวาของเขาจักปรากฏรอยหมายสีทอง อันเป็นลักษณะแห่งสิริมงคล

तस्याम्in her / in that (woman)
तस्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तुbut / and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
जन्तुःcreature / being
जन्तुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविताwill be
भविता:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPeriphrastic Future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
आत्मजःson / offspring
आत्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उत्तरेin the north / on the northern side
उत्तरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तर
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्यof this / of him
अस्य:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सौवर्णgolden
सौवर्ण:
TypeAdjective
Rootसौवर्ण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
लक्ष्मीःfortune / auspicious mark
लक्ष्मीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पार्श्वेat the side
पार्श्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्श्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular

सोमक उवाच

S
Somaka
T
the reborn child (ātmaja)
T
the mother (tasyām)

Educational Q&A

The verse affirms continuity of life through rebirth and suggests that karmic destiny can restore what is lost, while auspicious signs (lakṣaṇa) are used in the epic to indicate divine or fated favor.

Somaka foretells that the same being (the lost child) will be reborn in that very woman as the listener’s son, and that the child will bear a distinctive golden auspicious mark on his right side.