Shloka 130
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
अष्टौ चांगिरस: पुत्रा वारुणास्ते5प्युदाह्नता: । बृहस्पतिरुतथ्यश्ष पयस्य: शान्तिरेव च
aṣṭau cāṅgirasaḥ putrā vāruṇās te 'py udāhṛtāḥ | bṛhaspatir utathyaś ca payasyaḥ śāntir eva ca | ghoro virūpaḥ saṃvartaḥ sudhanvā cāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
Vasiṣṭha dit : «Aṅgiras eut huit fils, que l’on désigne aussi comme des “Vāruṇa” (liés à Varuṇa). Leurs noms sont Bṛhaspati, Utathya, Payasya, Śānti, Ghora, Virūpa, Saṃvarta, et le huitième, Sudhanvan. Nés dans la lignée d’Agni, on les appelle donc Āgneya. Tous sont fermes dans la connaissance et exempts d’affliction.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of sages as jñānaniṣṭha—steadfast in knowledge—and nirāmaya—free from inner and outer affliction. It frames spiritual excellence through lineage and, more importantly, through the qualities of wisdom, discipline, and well-being.
Vasiṣṭha is enumerating a set of eight sons of Aṅgiras, giving their names and explaining their epithets (Vāruṇa and Āgneya). This functions as a genealogical and doctrinal catalog within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and exemplary figures.