Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियो ब्राह्म॒णाचारो मातुस्तव सुतो महान्‌ | भविष्यति महावीर्य: साधूनां मार्गमास्थित:,“और तुम्हारी माताका पुत्र क्षत्रिय होकर भी ब्राह्मणोचित आचार-विचारका पालन करनेवाला होगा। वह महापराक्रमी बालक साधु-महात्माओंके मार्गका अवलम्बन करेगा”

Transliteration

kṣatriyo brāhmaṇācāro mātus tava suto mahān | bhaviṣyati mahāvīryaḥ sādhūnāṃ mārgam āsthitaḥ ||

Translation

Akṛtavraṇa said: “Yet your mother’s illustrious son will be a kṣatriya who lives by brāhmaṇa conduct. That child will be of great valor, and he will follow the path upheld by the righteous.”

Word by Word

क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya

ब्राह्मणाचारःBrahmin-like conduct

मातुःof (your) mother

तवyour

सुतःson

महान्great

भविष्यतिwill be

महावीर्यःof great valor

साधूनाम्of the good/saints

मार्गम्path

आस्थितःhaving adopted / abiding in

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Akṛtavraṇa

mother (mātṛ)

son (suta)

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?

True nobility is shown by conduct: even a warrior by birth can embody Brāhmaṇa-like virtues—self-control, adherence to righteous norms, and commitment to the path of the good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa delivers a prophetic assurance about a child: the mother’s son will be both powerful and ethically guided, combining Kṣatriya valor with Brāhmaṇa-style disciplined conduct, and will follow the way of the righteous.