यस्मान्निवारिता चैव सङ्गति: पुत्रकाम्यया। अपत्यं स्वेषु दारेषु तस्मान्नोत्पादयिष्यथ।।1.36.21।।
Meaning
Since you prevented our union out of desire for a son, you shall not beget offspring with your own wives either.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yasmāt nivāritā ca eva | यस्मात् निवारिता च एव | since [our] union was prevented | Ablative |
| saṅgatiḥ putra-kāmyayā | सङ्गतिः पुत्र-काम्यया | the union, out of the wish for a son | Nominative / Instrumental |
| apatyam sveṣu dāreṣu | अपत्यम् स्वेषु दारेषु | offspring in your own wives | Accusative / Locative |
| tasmāt na utpādayiṣyatha | तस्मात् न उत्पादयिष्यथ | therefore you shall not beget | Ablative / Verb (future, negated) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source reads the earth's sin, for which she is cursed, as having accepted Shiva's semen onto her surface. Her resulting non-uniform appearance -- lands and oceans, deserts and forests, volcanoes and mountains, ice and humidity -- is the mark of this curse; the source also notes that the earth is, in another sense, official wife to numerous kings.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.36.23 · Bāla Kāṇḍa