Mahabharat

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[सॊमक] धिग अस्त्व इहैकपुत्र तवम अपुत्र तवं वरं भवेत नित्यातुर तवाद भूतानां शॊक एवैक पुत्र ता ।। ३-१२७-१२ ।।

sanskrit

'Somaka then spoke, "Fie upon having only a single son! I would rather remain sonless. For, when one considers how all living beings are constantly subject to illness, having only one son becomes nothing but a burden."' ।। 3-127-12 ।।

english translation

[sòmaka] dhiga astva ihaikaputra tavama aputra tavaM varaM bhaveta nityAtura tavAda bhUtAnAM zòka evaika putra tA || 3-127-12 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/127/12

[सॊमक] धिग अस्त्व इहैकपुत्र तवम अपुत्र तवं वरं भवेत नित्यातुर तवाद भूतानां शॊक एवैक पुत्र ता ।। ३-१२७-१२ ।।

sanskrit

'Somaka then spoke, "Fie upon having only a single son! I would rather remain sonless. For, when one considers how all living beings are constantly subject to illness, having only one son becomes nothing but a burden."' ।। 3-127-12 ।।

english translation

[sòmaka] dhiga astva ihaikaputra tavama aputra tavaM varaM bhaveta nityAtura tavAda bhUtAnAM zòka evaika putra tA || 3-127-12 ||

hk transliteration