Shloka 60

ययाति–देवयानी संवादः

Yayāti–Devayānī Dialogue and Śukra’s Consent

Devanagari script

पुत्रो भूत्वा भावय भावितो मा- मस्मद्देहादुपनिष्क्रम्य तात । समीक्षेथा धर्मवतीमवेक्षां गुरो: सकाशातृ्‌ प्राप्य विद्यां सविद्य:,तात! मेरे इस शरीरसे जीवित निकलकर मेरे लिये पुत्रके तुल्य हो मुझे पुन: जिला देना। मुझ गुरुसे विद्या प्राप्त करके विद्वान्‌ हो जानेपर भी मेरे प्रति धर्मयुक्त दृष्टिसे ही देखना

Transliteration

śukra uvāca |

putro bhūtvā bhāvaya bhāvito mā-

masmaddehād upaniṣkramya tāta |

samīkṣethā dharmavatīm avekṣāṃ

guroḥ sakāśāt prāpya vidyāṃ savidyaḥ ||

Translation

Śukra dit : «Mon enfant, lorsque la vie quittera ce corps qui est le mien, sors-en vivant ; puis sois pour moi comme un fils et rends-moi la vie en retour de ce que j’ai fait croître en toi. Et même après avoir reçu l’enseignement de ton maître et être devenu véritablement savant, ne me regarde qu’avec une considération droite, selon le dharma et le devoir.»

Word by Word

{'putraḥ''son', 'bhūtvā': 'having become

becoming', 'bhāvaya''cause to live/restore

sustain (alsohonor, cherish)', 'bhāvitaḥ': 'nurtured, fostered, benefited

one who has been supported', 'mām''me', 'asmad-dehāt': 'from my body', 'upaniṣkramya': 'having gone out

having departed (esp. of life-breath)', 'tāta''dear child

son (vocative)', 'samīkṣethāḥ''you should look upon

you should regard', 'dharmavatīm''righteous

in accordance with dharma', 'avekṣām/avekṣāṃ''look, gaze

attitude of viewing', 'guroḥ sakāśāt''from the presence of the teacher

from the teacher', 'prāpya''having obtained', 'vidyām': 'knowledge

learning', 'savidyaḥ''learned

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śukra

guru (teacher)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Learning (vidyā) must be governed by dharma: even after becoming learned through one’s teacher, one should maintain a righteous, respectful attitude toward benefactors and elders, repaying nurture with gratitude and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra addresses a younger person (tāta), asking that when Śukra’s life leaves his body, the listener should act like a son and restore him, and thereafter—despite gaining learning from a guru—continue to regard Śukra with a dharma-aligned, dutiful gaze.