Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तस्यां पुत्रानजनयच्चतुरो ब्रह्म॒वादिन: । तानपास्य स तत्रैव जगाम लपितां प्रति

Transliteration

tasyāṁ putrān ajanayac caturō brahmavādinaḥ | tān apāsya sa tatraiva jagāma lapitāṁ prati ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：在她身上，他生下四个儿子，皆奉持圣学，遵行婆罗门的清净戒律。将他们留在彼处后，他自己便从那里前往拉毗多（Lapitā）。

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अजनयत्: begot / generated
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रह्मवादिनः: Brahman-speakers / expounders of sacred lore
• ब्रह्मवादिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपास्य: having cast off / abandoning
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लपिताम्: to Lapitā (name)
• लपिताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: लपिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards / to
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Preposition)
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• four sons
• Lapitā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of producing and sustaining a lineage grounded in sacred learning (brahmavāda), while also showing the tension between household ties and onward movement in one’s life-journey—leaving dependents in a settled place and proceeding toward the next duty or destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man fathers four sons described as brahmavādins. Afterward, he leaves those sons there and travels onward toward a place called Lapitā, as Vaiśampāyana narrates.