Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके १०६३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल २३३६ *लोक हैं) न२््च्स्स्ज््साि्स्सि हु £:ानप्ट् अशीतितमोब<्ध्याय: शुक्राचार्यका वृषपर्वाको फटकारना तथा उसे छोड़कर जानेके लिये उद्यत होना और वृषपर्वाके आदेशसे शर्मिष्ठाका देवयानीकी दासी बनकर शुक्राचार्य तथा देवयानीको संतुष्ट करना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः काव्यो भृगुश्रेष्ठ; समन्युरुपगम्य ह । वृषपर्वाणमासीनमित्युवाचाविचारयन्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! देवयानीकी बात सुनकर भृगुश्रेष्ठ शुक्राचार्य बड़े क्रोधमें भरकर वृषपर्वाके समीप गये। वह राजसिंहासनपर बैठा हुआ था। शुक्राचार्यजीने बिना कुछ सोचे-विचारे उससे इस प्रकार कहना आरम्भ किया--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ kāvyo bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ samanyur upagamya ha | vṛṣaparvāṇam āsīnam ity uvācāvicārayan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Kāvya (Śukrācārya), the foremost of the Bhṛgus, filled with anger, approached Vṛṣaparvan as he sat enthroned, and—without pausing to deliberate—began to address him.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereupon

काव्यःKāvya (Śukrācārya)

भृगुश्रेष्ठःbest of the Bhṛgus

समन्युःfull of anger

उपगम्यhaving approached

हindeed/for emphasis

वृषपर्वाणम्Vṛṣaparvan

आसीनम्seated

इतिthus

उवाचsaid

अविचारयन्not considering / without deliberating

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kāvya (Śukrācārya)

Bhṛgu (lineage reference)

Vṛṣaparvan

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical friction between righteous indignation and thoughtful restraint: even a revered teacher may be driven by anger to confront power, raising questions about how dharma is upheld—through immediate protest or measured counsel—especially when injustice occurs in a royal court.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing Devayānī’s grievance (context of the surrounding passage), Śukrācārya, enraged, goes to King Vṛṣaparvan while the king is seated and begins speaking without deliberation, setting up a confrontation that will pressure the king to remedy the wrong.