Tapas for Offspring
The sage refers to the practice of great austerities (सुतप) to purify oneself before begetting. In the puranas this is reported with the object of getting noble offspring. Vaisvamitra says:
सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये | (1.005.5.1)[1]
(You may) plant desire in great austerities (सुतपाव्ने), but the offspring of this pure union (सुता इमे शुचयो) is controlled by वीतयः, which is an epithet of Visnu. One is reminded here of the puranic tale of the events relating to the pregnancy and delivery of children of Diti.
[1] सुतप – अव् - न्य सुता इमे शुच - यो यन्ति वीतये |
Practising great austerities (सुतप) desire (अव्) planted (न्य) offspring (सुता) this (इमे) pure union (शुच-यः) controlling (यन्तृ = यन्ति) Visnu (वीतयः = वीतये))
Continued in : Precepts and Asides
Also see: Sage, Poet and Man , Tapas, Teacher and Disciple, Bragging, Gluttony and Debates, Indra and Siva, Asvins, Visnu, Respect for Visnu and Siva, Saraswati, Indra Vayu, Mitra Varuna, Vishvadeva, Agni
The sage refers to the practice of great austerities (सुतप) to purify oneself before begetting. In the puranas this is reported with the object of getting noble offspring. Vaisvamitra says:
सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये | (1.005.5.1)[1]
(You may) plant desire in great austerities (सुतपाव्ने), but the offspring of this pure union (सुता इमे शुचयो) is controlled by वीतयः, which is an epithet of Visnu. One is reminded here of the puranic tale of the events relating to the pregnancy and delivery of children of Diti.
[1] सुतप – अव् - न्य सुता इमे शुच - यो यन्ति वीतये |
Practising great austerities (सुतप) desire (अव्) planted (न्य) offspring (सुता) this (इमे) pure union (शुच-यः) controlling (यन्तृ = यन्ति) Visnu (वीतयः = वीतये))
Continued in : Precepts and Asides
Also see: Sage, Poet and Man , Tapas, Teacher and Disciple, Bragging, Gluttony and Debates, Indra and Siva, Asvins, Visnu, Respect for Visnu and Siva, Saraswati, Indra Vayu, Mitra Varuna, Vishvadeva, Agni