पुत्रेण जयते लोकानिति सत्यवती श्रुति: । ब्रह्मदण्डहत: पापो यद्वेनोऽत्यतरत्तम: ॥ ४६ ॥
putrena jayate lokan iti satyavati srutih brahma-danda-hatah papo yad veno ’tyatarat tamah
- putrena
- by the son
- jayate
- one becomes victorious
- lokan
- all the heavenly planes
- iti
- thus
- satya-vati
- becomes true
- srutih
- the Vedas
- brahma-danda
- by the curse of brahmanas
- hatah
- killed
- papah
- the most sinful
- yat
- as
- venah
- the father of Maharaja Prthu
- ati
- great
- atarat
- became delivered
- tamah
- from the darkness of hellish life.
They all declared that the Vedic conclusion that one can conquer the heavenly planes by the action of a putra, or son, was fulfilled, for the most sinful Vena, who had been killed by the curse of the brahmanas, was now delivered from the darkest region of hellish life by his son, Maharaja Prthu.