Shloka 4

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

जनेश्वर! क्षत्रियलोग सदासे ही भृगुवंशी ब्राह्मणोंके यजमान हैं; किंतु प्रारब्धवश आगे चलकर उनमें फूट हो जायगी। इसलिये वे दैवकी प्रेरणासे समस्त भृगुवंशियोंका संहार कर डालेंगे। नरेश्वर! वे दैवदण्डसे पीड़ित हो गर्भके बच्चेतकको काट डालेंगे ।। तत उत्पत्स्यतेडस्माकं कुले गोत्रविवर्धन: । ऊर्वो नाम महातेजा ज्वलनार्कसमद्युति:,तदनन्तर मेरे वंशमें ऊर्व नामक एक महातेजस्वी बालक उत्पन्न होगा, जो भार्गव गोत्रकी वृद्धि करेगा। उसका तेज अग्नि और सूर्यके समान दुर्धर्ष होगा

Transliteration

janeśvara! kṣatriyaloko sadāsa hi bhṛguvaṃśī brāhmaṇoṃ ke yajamāna hai; kiṃtu prārabdhavaśa āge calakara unameṃ phūṭa ho jāyagī. isaliye ve daivakī preraṇāse samasta bhṛguvaṃśiyoṃ kā saṃhāra kara ḍāleṃge. nareśvara! ve daivadaṇḍase pīḍita ho garbhake bacce taka ko kāṭa ḍāleṃge. tata utpatsyate 'smākaṃ kule gotravivardhanaḥ | ūrvo nāma mahātejā jvalanārkasamadyutiḥ ||

Translation

يا جَنِيشْوَرَ، إنّ الكشاتريا هم حقًّا اليَجَمانا (yajamāna: رعاةُ القربان) لبراهمةِ سلالةِ بهريغو؛ غير أنّ قوّةَ القَدَر ستُحدث بينهم مع الأيام شِقاقًا. فلذلك، بدافعٍ من الإلهام الإلهي، سيُعملون السيف في آلِ بهريغو جميعًا. أيها الملك، وقد أثقلهم قضيبُ المصير، سيقطعون حتى الأطفال في الأرحام. ثمّ سيولد في سلالتنا غلامٌ عظيمُ التوهّج يُدعى أُورفا (Ūrva)، مُنمّي غوترا البهارغفا (Bhārgava)، وسيكون لمعانه لا يُقاوَم—كالنار وكالشمس.

Word by Word

तत्then/that

उत्पत्स्यतेwill arise/be born

अस्माकम्of us/our

कुलेin the lineage/family

गोत्र-विवर्धनःincreaser of the clan/gotra

ऊर्वःUrva (name)

नामby name/namely

महातेजाःof great splendor/energy

ज्वलन-अर्क-सम-द्युतिःhaving radiance equal to fire and the sun

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kshatriyas (kṣatriya-loka)

Bhṛgu lineage (bhṛgu-vaṃśa / Bhārgavas)

Brahmins (brāhmaṇas)

Ūrva (ūrva)

King addressed as Janeśvara/Nareśvara

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames social rupture and extreme violence as arising under the pressure of prārabdha (set destiny) and daiva (fate/divine agency), while also emphasizing the ethical gravity of such acts—especially harm to the unborn—and the idea that lineage and dharma can be restored through a righteous successor (Ūrva) who preserves the gotra.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king, predicting that although Kshatriyas are normally patrons of the Bhṛgu Brahmins, destiny will cause a split leading to the slaughter of the Bhṛgu line, even extending to unborn children. After this devastation, a powerful child named Ūrva will be born in the speaker’s lineage to revive and expand the Bhārgava gotra.