Shloka 1133

Devanagari script

जीवितं सम कुमाराय प्रादाद्‌ वर्षशतानि वै । उन्होंने जब नेत्रोंमें आँसू भरकर भगवान्‌ शंकरसे इस प्रकार प्रार्थना की, तब उन्होंने उस बालकको जीवित कर दिया और उसे सौ वर्षोकी आयु प्रदान की

Transliteration

jīvitaṃ saṃ kumārāya prādād varṣaśatāni vai |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：商羯罗（Śaṅkara）应那含泪而至、发自肺腑并以全然归依所献的祈求，复苏了那男孩的生命，并赐予他圆满的一百年寿命。此事昭示：真诚的奉爱与慈悲的恩典，足以扭转看似已成定局的厄运，同时也申明了护生与复生的伦理理想。

Word by Word

• जीवितम्: life; living (state)
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (√जीव्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्: together; completely; equally (as a preverb/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• कुमाराय: to the boy/prince
• कुमाराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रादात्: gave; granted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वर्षशतानि: hundreds of years (i.e., a hundred years)
• वर्षशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kumāra (the boy)
• Bhagavān Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Earnest prayer and steadfast devotion, when aligned with dharma, can draw forth divine compassion; the restoration of life symbolizes grace responding to sincere surrender and the ethical primacy of preserving life.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a tearful supplication to Bhagavān Śaṅkara, the deity revives a child and grants him a lifespan of one hundred years; Bhīṣma reports this as part of his instruction in the Śānti Parva.