Devanagari
एवमध्यात्मयोगेन कर्माण्यनुसमाचरन् ।
पुत्रानुत्पादयामास पञ्चार्चिष्यात्मसम्मतान् ॥ ५३ ॥
Verse text
evam adhyātma-yogena
karmāṇy anusamācaran
putrān utpādayām āsa
paṣcārciṣy ātma-sammatān
Synonyms
evam
—
thus
;
adhyātma
—
yogena — by the means of bhakti-yoga
;
karmāṇi
—
activities
;
anu
—
always
;
samācaran
—
executing
;
putrān
—
sons
;
utpādayām āsa
—
begotten
;
paṣca
—
five
;
arciṣi
—
in his wife, Arci
;
ātma
—
own
;
sammatān
—
according to his desire .
Translation
Being situated in the liberated position of devotional service, Pṛthu Mahārāja not only performed all fruitive activities but also begot five sons by his wife, Arci. Indeed, all his sons were begotten according to his own desire.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Performing his karmas without attachment, he produced five sons in his wife Arci, who were esteemed like him.
He performed his karmas without attachment (adhyātma-yogena) or being situated in ātmā (not the body). By that special power of enjoying without attachment, he produced sons. He had no agitation caused by producing sons and no lust related to his wife.
Purport
As a householder, Pṛthu Mahārāja had five sons by his wife, Arci, and all these sons were begotten as he desired them. They were not born whimsically or by accident. How one can beget children according to one’s own desire is practically unknown in the present age, Kali-yuga. In this regard the secret of success depends on the parents’ acceptance of the various purificatory methods known as
saṁskāras.
The first
saṁskāra,
the
garbhādhāna-saṁskāra,
or child-begetting
saṁskāra,
is compulsory, especially for the higher castes, the
brāhmaṇas
and the
kṣatriyas.
As stated in
Bhagavad-gītā,
sex life which is not against religious principles is Kṛṣṇa Himself, and according to religious principles, when one wants to beget a child he must perform the
garbhādhāna-saṁskāra
before having sex. The mental state of the father and mother before sex will certainly affect the mentality of the child to be begotten. A child who is begotten out of lust may not turn out as the parents desire. As stated in the
śāstras, yathā yonir yathā bījam.
Yathā yoniḥ
indicates the mother, and
yathā bījam
indicates the father. If the mental state of the parents is prepared before they have sex, the child which they will beget will certainly reflect their mental condition. It is therefore understood by the words
ātma-sammatān
that both Pṛthu Mahārāja and Arci underwent the
garbhādhāna
purificatory process before begetting children, and thus they begot all their sons according to their desires and purified mental states. Pṛthu Mahārāja did not beget his children out of lust, nor was he attracted to his wife for sense gratificatory purposes. He begot the children as a
gṛhastha
for the future administration of his government all over the world.