महाभारत · 2.16.20–21
॥
देवनागरी
विषयेषु निमग्नस्य तस्य यौवनम् अत्यगात् ॥
न च वंशकरः पुत्रस् तस्याजायत कश् चन ॥
मङ्गलैर् बहुभिर् होमैः पुत्रकामाभिर् इष्टिभिः ॥
नाससाद नृपश्रेष्ठः पुत्रं कुलविवर्धनम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
viṣayeṣu nimagnasya tasya yauvanam atyagāt ||
na ca vaṃśakaraḥ putras tasyājāyata kaś cana ||
maṅgalair bahubhir homaiḥ putrakāmābhir iṣṭibhiḥ ||
nāsasāda nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ putraṃ kulavivardhanam ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
विषयेषु निमग्नस्यviṣayeṣu nimagnasyasunk in [sensual] pleasures,
तस्य यौवनम् अत्यगात्tasya yauvanam atyagāthis youth passed away,
न च वंश-करः पुत्रःna ca vaṃśa-karaḥ putraḥand a son to continue the line
तस्य अजायत कः चनtasya ajāyata kaḥ canawas not born to him at all;
मङ्गलैः बहुभिः होमैःmaṅgalaiḥ bahubhiḥ homaiḥby many rites, offerings,
पुत्र-कामाभिः इष्टिभिःputra-kāmābhiḥ iṣṭibhiḥand sacrifices performed in desire for a son
न आससाद नृप-श्रेष्ठःna āsasāda nṛpa-śreṣṭhaḥthe best of kings did not obtain
पुत्रम् कुल-विवर्धनम्putram kula-vivardhanama son, the increaser of his line;
वंशकरःvaṃśakaraḥoriginal form “vaṃśakaraḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रस्putrasoriginal form “putras”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्याजायतtasyājāyataoriginal form “tasyājāyata”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form “kaś”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मङ्गलैर्maṅgalairoriginal form “maṅgalair”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुभिर्bahubhiroriginal form “bahubhir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रकामाभिर्putrakāmābhiroriginal form “putrakāmābhir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाससादnāsasādaoriginal form “nāsasāda”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नृपश्रेष्ठःnṛpaśreṣṭhaḥoriginal form “nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रंputraṃoriginal form “putraṃ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुलविवर्धनम्kulavivardhanamoriginal form “kulavivardhanam”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
‘Sunk in [sensual] pleasures, his youth passed away, and no son to continue the line was born to him at all; and by many rites, offerings, and sacrifices performed in desire for a son, the best of kings did not obtain a son, the increaser of his line.’
संस्करण
512dd837a7b7 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:13:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here rites and sacrifices by themselves do not grant what is desired. It is telling that even pious efforts bear no fruit without grace from above: the wished-for gift is given not by the mechanics of ritual acts but by grace. Thus the scripture shows that a cherished wish is attained not by ritual alone but as a gift from above; and next the sage arrives.