Shloka 7
Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)
पुत्रं तस्थ महाराज ऋचीकं भृगुनन्दनम् । साक्षात् कृत्स्नो धरनुर्वेद: समुपस्थास्यतेडनघ,निष्पाप महाराज! उन्हीं और्वके पुत्र भूगुकुलनन्दन ऋचीक होंगे, जिनकी सेवामें सम्पूर्ण धरनुर्वेद मूर्तिमानू होकर उपस्थित होगा
putraṁ tastha mahārāja ṛcīkaṁ bhṛgunandanam | sākṣāt kṛtsno dhanurvedaḥ samupasthāsyate 'naghāḥ ||
Oh rey, habrá un hijo—Ṛcīka, deleite del linaje de Bhṛgu. Ante ese irreprochable, toda la ciencia del arco (Dhanurveda) se presentará como encarnada, como si estuviera de pie ante él para servirle—señal de un dominio nacido del mérito innato y de la disciplina, y no de la mera instrucción.
व्यववन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true mastery—especially of powerful knowledge like Dhanurveda—rests on inner purity, disciplined character, and inherited spiritual-cultural excellence; when these are present, knowledge is portrayed as naturally ‘coming’ to the worthy person.
The speaker foretells to the king that a son named Ṛcīka, famed in the Bhṛgu line, will be born, and that the complete Dhanurveda will attend upon him as if personified—indicating extraordinary, almost effortless attainment of martial knowledge.