Shloka 130

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

अष्टौ चांगिरस: पुत्रा वारुणास्ते5प्युदाह्नता: । बृहस्पतिरुतथ्यश्ष पयस्य: शान्तिरेव च

Transliteration

aṣṭau cāṅgirasaḥ putrā vāruṇās te 'py udāhṛtāḥ | bṛhaspatir utathyaś ca payasyaḥ śāntir eva ca | ghoro virūpaḥ saṃvartaḥ sudhanvā cāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ |

Translation

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „Aṅgiras hatte acht Söhne, die ebenfalls als ‘Vāruṇas’ (mit Varuṇa verbunden) bezeichnet werden. Ihre Namen sind Bṛhaspati, Utathya, Payasya, Śānti, Ghora, Virūpa, Saṃvarta und der achte, Sudhanvan. In der Linie Agnis geboren, heißen sie daher Āgneyas. Alle sind standhaft im Wissen und frei von Leid.“

Word by Word

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आङ्गिरसाः: the Angirasa-s (descendants of Aṅgiras)
• आङ्गिरसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वारुणाः: Varuṇa-related; called Vāruṇas
• वारुणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उदाहृताः: are said/are called
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (हृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उतथ्यः: Utathya
• उतथ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उतथ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पयस्यः: Payasya
• पयस्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिः: Śānti
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Aṅgiras
• Varuṇa
• Agni
• Bṛhaspati
• Utathya
• Payasya
• Śānti
• Ghora
• Virūpa
• Saṃvarta
• Sudhanvan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of sages as jñānaniṣṭha—steadfast in knowledge—and nirāmaya—free from inner and outer affliction. It frames spiritual excellence through lineage and, more importantly, through the qualities of wisdom, discipline, and well-being.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is enumerating a set of eight sons of Aṅgiras, giving their names and explaining their epithets (Vāruṇa and Āgneya). This functions as a genealogical and doctrinal catalog within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and exemplary figures.