Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.26
తత: పాహి మహాభాగ పూర్వై: సహ గతం తమ: ।
యథా తరేమ దుష్పారం ప్రజయా తద్విధేహి న: ॥ ౨౬ ॥
tataḥ pāhi mahā-bhāga
[tatah paahi mahaa-bhaaga]
pūrvaiḥ saha gataṁ tamaḥ
[poorvaih saha gatam tamah]
yathā tarema duṣpāraṁ
[yathaa tarema dushpaaram]
prajayā tad vidhehi naḥ
[prajayaa tad vidhehi nah]
Word-for-word
tataḥ
—
therefore, because of this
pāhi
—
kindly save
mahā-bhāga
—
O great sage
pūrvaiḥ saha
—
along with my forefathers
gatam
—
gone
tamaḥ
—
to darkness
yathā
—
so that
tarema
—
we can cross
duṣpāram
—
very difficult to cross
prajayā
—
by getting a son
tat
—
that
vidhehi
—
kindly do
naḥ
—
for us.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tataḥ pāhi mahā-bhāga
tataḥ
therefore, because of this
pāhi
kindly save
mahā-bhāga
O great sage
pūrvaiḥ saha gataṁ tamaḥ
pūrvaiḥ saha
along with my forefathers
gatam
gone
tamaḥ
to darkness
yathā tarema duṣpāraṁ
yathā
so that
tarema
we can cross
duṣpāram
very difficult to cross
prajayā tad vidhehi naḥ
prajayā
by getting a son
tat
that
vidhehi
kindly do
naḥ
for us.
Therefore, O great sage, please save me and my forefathers, who are descending to the darkness of hell because I have no progeny. Kindly do something so that I may have a son to deliver us from hellish conditions.
Purport
According to Vedic civilization, one gets married simply to have a son, who is needed to offer oblations to his forefathers. King Citraketu responsibly desired to beget a child so that he and his forefathers might be delivered from the darkest regions. He was concerned with how to get piṇḍa, oblations, in the next life, not only for himself but also for his forefathers. Therefore he requested Aṅgirā Ṛṣi to favor him by doing something that could help him get a son.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O great sage! Therefore, please save me and my forefathers, who are descending to the darkness of hell. Kindly do something so that I may have a son to deliver us from hellish conditions.
I have attained hell along with my ancestors. Do something so that I can surpass hell by having a son.
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