Shloka 20

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यं समभिप्रेत्य मैथुनस्य समागमे । उपद्रव इवाविष्टो योनिं गर्भ: प्रपद्यते,पति-पत्नीकी पारस्परिक इच्छाके अनुसार मैथुनके लिये जब उनका समागम होता है, उस समय किसी उपद्रवके समान गर्भ योनिमें प्रवेश करता है

Transliteration

anyonyam samabhipretya maithunasya samāgame | upadrava ivāviṣṭo yoniṁ garbhaḥ prapadyate ||

Translation

نارد نے کہا—جب شوہر اور بیوی باہمی رضامندی سے مباشرت کے لیے ملتے ہیں، تو حمل گویا کسی اضطراب و ہنگامے کی طرح زور سے رحم میں داخل ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

अन्योन्यम्mutually, one another

समभिप्रेत्यhaving mutually desired/consented

मैथुनस्यof sexual union

समागमेin the coming-together/union

उपद्रवःa disturbance, calamity

इवas if, like

आविष्टःentered, possessed, seized

योनिम्womb, vagina

गर्भःembryo, fetus

प्रपद्यतेenters, reaches, resorts to

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

garbha (embryo)

yoni (womb)

pati-patnī (husband and wife)

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?

Conception is presented as a potent, compelling transition of life into the womb, and it is situated within the dharmic frame of husband and wife uniting with mutual intention—highlighting reciprocity/consent as the proper context for procreation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes the moment of sexual union between spouses and depicts the embryo’s entry into the womb as sudden and forceful—‘as if seized by a disturbance’—to emphasize the intensity and inevitability of embodiment once the conditions for conception are met.