Shloka 25
भृगुवंश-प्रस्तावना तथा पुलोमा–अग्नि-संवादः
Bhrigu Lineage Preface and the Pulomā–Agni Dialogue
तथा सत्यं समाख्याहि जिहीर्षाम्याश्रमादिमाम् | स मन्युस्तत्र हृदयं प्रदहन्निव तिष्ठति । मत्पूर्व भार्या यदिमां भगुराप सुमध्यमाम्,“किंतु बादमें असत्य व्यवहार करनेवाले इसके पिताने भूगुके साथ इसका विवाह कर दिया। यदि यह एकान्तमें मिली हुई सुन्दरी भृगुकी भार्या है तो वैसी बात सच-सच बता दो; क्योंकि मैं इसे इस आश्रमसे हर ले जाना चाहता हूँ। वह क्रोध आज मेरे हृदयको दग्ध-सा कर रहा है; इस सुमध्यमाको, जो पहले मेरी भार्या थी, भृगुने अन्यायपूर्वक हड़प लिया है!
tathā satyaṃ samākhyāhi jihīrṣāmy āśramād imām | sa manyus tatra hṛdayaṃ pradahann iva tiṣṭhati | matpūrvā bhāryā yad imāṃ bhṛgur āpa sumadhyamām |
“So tell me the truth plainly. I intend to carry this woman away from the hermitage. That anger remains there, as though burning my heart. This slender-waisted woman was formerly my wife, yet Bhṛgu has taken her.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) as the necessary basis for resolving a moral dispute, while also warning how manyu (anger) can dominate judgment and drive one toward coercive action (the intent to seize someone from an āśrama).
Śaunaka demands a truthful account and declares his intention to take the woman away from the hermitage, claiming she was once his wife and that Bhṛgu has wrongfully taken her; his unresolved anger is described as burning his heart.