Shloka 89

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

तद्यान्तु मम पुत्रत्वं ब्रह्म-विष्णु-महेश्वराः ।

योगञ्च प्राप्नुयां भर्तृसहिता क्लेशमुक्तये ॥

Transliteration

tad yāntu mama putratvaṃ brahma-viṣṇu-maheśvarāḥ | yogaṃ ca prāpnuyāṃ bhartṛ-sahitā kleśa-muktaye ||

Translation

ดังนั้น ขอให้พรหมา วิษณุ และมหेशวร เป็นบุตรของข้าพเจ้า; และขอให้ข้าพเจ้าพร้อมสามีบรรลุโยคะเพื่อความพ้นทุกข์และถึงโมกษะเถิด

Word by Word

• तत्: that (request/boon)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्तु: may (they) go/come; let (them) proceed
• यान्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पुत्रत्वम्: sonship
• पुत्रत्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ब्रह्म: Brahmā
• ब्रह्म: Karta (कर्ता/part of subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग (member of compound)

• विष्णु: Viṣṇu
• विष्णु: Karta (कर्ता/part of subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग

• महेश्वराः: Maheśvaras (Śiva); collectively Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara
• महेश्वराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ब्रह्म-विष्णु-महेश्वराः = समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative) used as plural subject

• योगम्: yoga (union/spiritual attainment)
• योगम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्राप्नुयाम्: may I attain
• प्राप्नुयाम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भर्तृसहिता: together with (my) husband
• भर्तृसहिता: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier of implied अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: भर्त्रा सह (together with husband); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘सहित’

• क्लेशमुक्तये: for liberation from affliction
• क्लेशमुक्तये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: क्लेशस्य मुक्तिः (release from suffering)

Speakers

• Anasūyā

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva (Maheśvara)

Key Themes

• Boons
• Trimūrti
• Householder spirituality
• Yoga
• Mokṣa orientation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse integrates gṛhastha life with liberation: yoga and freedom from kleśas are sought “together with the husband,” presenting marriage as a cooperative spiritual path rather than an obstacle.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna/vaṃśānucarita: it also hints toward vaṃśa (lineage) themes because the boon concerns divine births (sons), but the immediate function is narrative-ethical rather than genealogical listing.

What is the esoteric significance?

The Trimūrti becoming ‘sons’ symbolizes mastery over creation–preservation–dissolution tendencies within embodied life. ‘Kleśa-mukti’ via yoga indicates transforming household duties into a sādhana that dissolves inner afflictions.