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Shloka 126

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

आग्नेयस्त्वंगिरा: श्रीमान्‌ कविर्राह्मो महायशा: । भार्गवांगिरसौ लोके लोकसंतानलक्षणौ

Transliteration

āgneyas tv aṅgirāḥ śrīmān kavir brāhmo mahāyaśāḥ | bhārgavāṅgirasau loke lokasantānalakṣaṇau ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „Aṅgiras, strahlend und ruhmreich, wurde als Āgneya bekannt; und der Seher von großem Ruhm wurde als Brāhma gerühmt. Bhṛgu und Aṅgiras—diese beiden gelten in der Welt als die prägenden Quellen der Geschlechterlinien, die die Schöpfung durch ihre Nachkommenschaft ausweiten.“

Word by Word

आग्नेयःAgni-born / belonging to Agni

तुbut/indeed

अङ्गिराःAṅgiras (sage)

श्रीमान्prosperous, illustrious

कविःseer/poet (Kavi)

ब्रह्माBrahmā

महायशाःof great fame

भार्गव-अङ्गिरसौBhārgava (Bhṛgu) and Aṅgiras (the two)

लोकेin the world

लोक-सन्तान-लक्षणौcharacterized by (causing) the continuation/propagation of the worlds

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Aṅgiras

Bhṛgu

Agni (implied by Āgneya)

Brahmā/Brahman (implied by Brāhma)

Bhārgava lineage

Āṅgirasa lineage

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic idea that cosmic order and social continuity are sustained through ṛṣis and their lineages: Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras are presented as archetypal progenitors whose descendants extend creation and preserve sacred knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is describing how eminent sages came to be known by specific epithets (Āgneya for Aṅgiras and Brāhma for a famed kavi) and then identifies Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras as foundational lineage-bearers responsible for the expansion of beings in the world.