Shloka 97

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन देहत्यागे कृता मति: । ततो देवैस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनरुत्थापितस्तदा

Transliteration

putraśokābhitaptena dehatyāge kṛtā matiḥ | tato devaistu rājendra punarutthāpitas tadā

Translation

Bị thiêu đốt bởi nỗi đau mất con, ông đã quyết lìa bỏ thân này. Nhưng khi ấy, hỡi bậc quân vương, chư thiên đã khiến ông sống dậy lần nữa.

Word by Word

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेनby (one) tormented by grief for (his) son

देहत्यागेin abandoning the body (in death)

कृताwas made / was formed

मतिःintention; resolve

ततःthen; thereafter

देवैःby the gods

तुbut; indeed

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

पुनःagain

उत्थापितःwas raised up / revived

तदाat that time

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

देवाः (the gods)

र

राजेन्द्र (addressed king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Intense personal grief can cloud judgment and lead to a resolve for self-destruction, but the narrative affirms a larger moral-cosmic order in which life may be restored and duty reasserted; despair is not treated as the final authority over one’s actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person, overwhelmed by the sorrow of losing a son, decides to give up his body (die). At that moment, the gods intervene and revive/restore him, preventing the death and turning the situation back toward continued life.