पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु शुचिर्यदि भविष्यसि। पुत्रं त्रैलोक्यभर्तारं मत्तस्त्वं जनयिष्यसि।।1.46.6।।
Meaning
If you remain pure for a full thousand years, you shall beget through me a son who is lord of the three worlds.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| pūrṇe varṣa-sahasre tu | पूर्णे वर्ष-सहस्रे तु | but when a thousand years are complete | Locative absolute |
| śuciḥ yadi bhaviṣyasi | शुचिः यदि भविष्यसि | if you shall be pure | Nominative / Adverbial / Verb (future) |
| putram trailokya-bhartāram | पुत्रम् त्रैलोक्य-भर्तारम् | a son, lord of the three worlds | Accusative singular (x2) |
| mattaḥ tvam janayiṣyasi | मत्तः त्वम् जनयिष्यसि | you shall bring forth from me | Ablative / Nominative / Verb (future) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source flags a textual variant here: some versions carry Diti's phrase 'trailokya hantaaram' (destroyer of the three worlds) forward into Kashyapa's own speech, while others have him say 'trailokya bhartaaram' (husbander of the three worlds). The source reasons that Diti may have wished for a 'killer,' but Kashyapa, as father of both gods and demons, could not consistently describe his own forthcoming son as a destroyer of the three worlds that exist by his own grace -- some commentators instead attach the 'destroyer' epithet to Indra rather than to Diti's unborn son.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.46.6 · Bāla Kāṇḍa