Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

ततः स्नुषां स भगवान प्रह्ृष्टो भुगुरब्रवीत्‌ | वरं वृणीष्व सुभगे दाता हास्मि तवेप्सितम्‌,भगवान्‌ भृगुने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर अपनी पुत्रवधूसे कहा--“सौभाग्यवती बहू! कोई वर माँगो, मैं तुम्हारी इच्छाके अनुरूप वर प्रदान करूँगा”

Transliteration

tataḥ snuṣāṃ sa bhagavān prahṛṣṭo bhṛgur abravīt | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva subhage dātā hāsmi tavepsitam ||

Translation

ついで尊き聖仙ブリグ（Bhṛgu）は大いに喜び、嫁に告げた。「幸いなる者よ、望みの恩寵を選べ。汝の欲するところを、我は授けよう。」この場面は、恩寵の申し出が負う倫理の重みを示す。力ある長老は、行いと機縁に満足すれば、その一言によって施与の誓いに自らを縛り、受ける者には賢明に、そしてダルマにかなって選ぶ責任が課されるのである。

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'snuṣām': 'to the daughter-in-law (accusative singular of snuṣā)', 'sa': 'he', 'bhagavān': 'the venerable one

• holy/revered person', 'prahṛṣṭaḥ': 'delighted, greatly pleased', 'bhṛguḥ': 'Bhṛgu (name of a great ṛṣi)', 'abravīt': 'said, spoke', 'varam': 'a boon, gift, favor', 'vṛṇīṣva': 'choose (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'subhage': 'O fortunate/auspicious one (vocative)', 'dātā': 'giver, bestower', 'ha': 'indeed, surely (emphatic particle)', 'asmi': 'I am', 'tava': 'your, for you', 'īpsitam': 'desired, wished-for'}

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• daughter-in-law (snuṣā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A boon (vara) offered by a revered elder is not merely generosity but a moral commitment; it highlights the dharmic power of truthful speech and the responsibility of the recipient to ask for what is righteous and beneficial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhṛgu, pleased, addresses his daughter-in-law and invites her to choose a boon, assuring her that he will grant whatever she wishes.