Shloka 149

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच यस्ते पुत्रो गमितो5यं विजात: स्वर्णष्लीवी यमदात्‌ पर्वतस्ते | पुनस्तु ते पुत्रमहं ददामि हिरण्यनाभं वर्षमहस्रिणं च

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yas te putro gamito 'yaṃ vijātaḥ suvarṇaṣṭhīvī yamadāt parvatas te | punas tu te putram ahaṃ dadāmi hiraṇyanābhaṃ varṣasahasriṇaṃ ca ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“大王啊，你所生之子，名为苏伐尔那什提维，乃仙人帕尔瓦塔所赐，如今已然离去。因此我今赐你另一子，名为希兰耶那婆，他将寿至一千年。”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गमितः: gone / made to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजातः: born/produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (जात with vi-)

• स्वर्णष्ठीवी: Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णष्ठीवी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अदात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पर्वतः: Parvata (sage)
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ददामि: give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हिरण्यनाभम्: Hiraṇyanābha (golden-naveled; proper name)
• हिरण्यनाभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यनाभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षसहस्रिणम्: having a thousand years (of lifespan)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षसहस्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Parvata (sage)
• Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī
• Hiraṇyanābha
• the King (rājan, unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores impermanence and the working of destiny: even divinely or sage-bestowed gains (like a son) may not endure, yet dharmic order also provides renewal through rightful blessings and continuity of lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada informs the king that the previously obtained son Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī—given earlier through the sage Parvata—has departed, and Narada now bestows another son, Hiraṇyanābha, promising him a thousand-year lifespan.