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Shloka 30

आदि पर्व — अध्याय ८३: ययाति-इन्द्र-संवादः तथा अष्टक-प्रश्नः

Yayāti–Indra Dialogue and Aṣṭaka’s Inquiry

धर्मज्ञ इति विख्यात एष राजा भृगूद्वह । अकिक्रान्तश्न मर्यादां काव्यैतत्‌ कथयामि ते,भुगुश्रेष्ठ ये महाराज धर्मज्ञके रूपमें प्रसिद्ध हैं; किंतु इन्होंने ही मर्यादाका उल्लंघन किया है। कविनन्दन! यह आपसे यथार्थ कह रही हूँ

dharmajña iti vikhyāta eṣa rājā bhṛgūdvaha | akikrāntaś ca maryādāṃ kāvyaitat kathayāmi te ||

قال فايشامبايانا: «إن هذا الملك، يا أكرمَ آلِ بهريغو، مشهورٌ بأنه عارفٌ بالدهرما؛ غير أنه قد تجاوز حقًّا حدود السلوك القويم. يا ابن الشاعر (كافيا)، سأقصّ عليك هذا الخبر على وجه الصدق.»

धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma, righteous
धर्मज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विख्यातःrenowned, well-known
विख्यातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविख्यात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भृगूद्वहO best of the Bhṛgus
भृगूद्वह:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभृगूद्वह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अतिक्रान्तःhaving transgressed
अतिक्रान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिक्रान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मर्यादाम्boundary, propriety, limit
मर्यादाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमर्यादा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
काव्यO Kāvy(a) (descendant of Kavi/Śukra)
काव्य:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
एतत्this (statement/matter)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कथयामिI tell, I relate
कथयामि:
TypeVerb
Rootकथ्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
A
a king (unnamed in this verse)
B
Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgūdvaha)
A
a poet’s son (kāvyā / kavinandana implied by context)

Educational Q&A

Moral reputation is not sufficient: even one famed as a knower of dharma can violate maryādā (proper limits). The verse highlights the ethical demand that conduct must match proclaimed righteousness.

The narrator Vaiśampāyana introduces a story about a king who is celebrated for dharma yet has crossed a boundary of propriety, and he signals that he will recount the matter truthfully to his listener addressed as ‘foremost of the Bhṛgus’ and ‘poet’s son’.