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Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्य योनौ प्रयुक्तस्य गर्भो भवति वा न वा । आम्रपुष्पोपमा यस्य निवृत्तिरुपलभ्यते

Transliteration

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

Translation

وہ (منی) رحم میں ڈالی جائے تو کبھی حمل ٹھہرتا ہے اور کبھی نہیں؛ اور کبھی آم کے شگوفے کی مانند بےثمر ہی جھڑ جاتی ہے—اور اس کی روانی بےحاصل ہو کر تھم جاتی ہے۔

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.