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Shloka 39

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude

अथोवाच महातेजा भृगुः सत्यवतीं स्नुषाम्‌ | उपयुक्तश्चरुर्भद्रे वृक्षे चालिड्रनं कृतम्‌,उस समय महातेजस्वी भृूगु अपनी पुत्रवधू सत्यवतीसे बोले--“भद्रे! तुमने जो चरुभक्षण और वृक्षोंका आलिड्रन किया है, उसमें उलट-फेर करके तुम्हारी माताने तुम्हें ठग लिया। सुभ्रू!][ इस भूलके कारण तुम्हारा पुत्र ब्राह्मण होकर भी क्षत्रियोचित आचार- विचारवाला होगा”

athovāca mahātejā bhṛguḥ satyavatīṃ snuṣām | upayuktaś carur bhadre vṛkṣe cālīḍranaṃ kṛtam ||

عندئذٍ قال الحكيم الجليل بهṛگو لِكَنَّتِه سَتْيَفَتِي: «يا ذاتَ اليُمن، إنّ الـ«چارو» (caru) الذي أكلتِه، وما فعلتِه من لَحْسِ الشجرة، قد عُبِثَ به وقُلِبَ ترتيبُه؛ لقد خدعتكِ أمُّكِ حين عكست الإجراء المقصود. وبسبب هذه الزلّة، فإنّ ابنَكِ—وإن وُلِدَ برهمنًا—سيُظهر سلوكًا وطبعًا يليقان بالكشترِيّا.»

अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
महातेजाःthe very radiant (one)
महातेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहातेजस्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
भृगुःBhrigu
भृगुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सत्यवतीम्Satyavati
सत्यवतीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यवती
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
स्नुषाम्daughter-in-law
स्नुषाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्नुषा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
उपयुक्तःused; consumed
उपयुक्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-युज्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, kta (past passive participle)
चरुःsacrificial porridge (charu)
चरुः:
TypeNoun
Rootचरु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
भद्रेO auspicious lady!
भद्रे:
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र
Formfeminine, vocative, singular
वृक्षेon/in the tree
वृक्षे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
Formmasculine, locative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आलिड्रनम्touching/licking (act termed āliḍrana)
आलिड्रनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootआलिड्रन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
कृतम्done; performed
कृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ
Formneuter, nominative, singular, kta (past passive participle)

अकृतव्रण उवाच

B
Bhṛgu
S
Satyavatī
S
Satyavatī's mother (unnamed)
C
caru (sacrificial porridge)
T
tree (vṛkṣa)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights that ritual acts and moral choices have consequences: deception and improper alteration of a rite can redirect outcomes, and one’s future disposition may be shaped not only by birth but also by the conditions and intentions surrounding formative actions.

Sage Bhṛgu informs his daughter-in-law Satyavatī that her mother has reversed or tampered with the prescribed ritual actions—eating the caru and licking the tree—so the intended result has been altered; consequently, Satyavatī’s son will be a brāhmaṇa by birth yet exhibit kṣatriya-like behavior.