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
putraṁ tastha mahārāja ṛcīkaṁ bhṛgunandanam | sākṣāt kṛtsno dhanurvedaḥ samupasthāsyate 'naghāḥ ||
महाराज! तुम्हारे यहाँ भृगुकुल-नन्दन ऋचीक नाम का पुत्र होगा। हे निष्पाप नरेश! उसके सामने सम्पूर्ण धनुर्वेद साक्षात् मूर्तिमान होकर सेवक-भाव से उपस्थित होगा।
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.