Shloka 131

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

घोरो विरूप: संवर्त: सुधन्वा चाष्टम: स्मृत: । एतेडष्टौ वहल्लिजा: सर्वे ज्ञाननिष्ठा निरामया:

Transliteration

ghoro virūpaḥ saṃvartaḥ sudhanvā cāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ | ete ’ṣṭau vahallijāḥ sarve jñānaniṣṭhā nirāmayāḥ ||

Translation

ವಸಿಷ್ಠನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಘೋರ, ವಿರೂಪ, ಸಂವರ್ತ ಮತ್ತು ಎಂಟನೆಯವನು ಸುಧನ್ವಾ—ಇವರು ಅವರೊಳಗೆ ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವವರು. ಈ ಎಂಟರೂ ಅಗ್ನಿವಂಶಜರು, ಜ್ಞಾನನಿಷ್ಠರು, ನಿರಾಮಯರು.

Word by Word

• घोरः: Ghora (a name)
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विरूपः: Virūpa (a name)
• विरूपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवर्तः: Saṃvarta (a name)
• संवर्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुधन्वा: Sudhanvā (a name)
• सुधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अष्टमः: the eighth
• अष्टमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is remembered/counted (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Past passive participle (PPP), passive sense, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वहल्लिजाः: Vahallija-s (a lineage/epithet; reading uncertain)
• वहल्लिजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वहल्लिज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ज्ञाननिष्ठाः: steadfast in knowledge
• ज्ञाननिष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञाननिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरामयाः: free from illness/sorrow
• निरामयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरामय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Ghora
• Virūpa
• Saṃvarta
• Sudhanvā
• Agni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a model of life rooted in jñāna (spiritual knowledge): those established in wisdom are described as nirāmaya—free from the disturbances of illness, grief, and inner turmoil—suggesting that true well-being is tied to disciplined insight rather than external power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is listing a set of eight sages/figures by name, identifying the last four (Ghora, Virūpa, Saṃvarta, Sudhanvā) and characterizing the entire group as born in Agni’s line and devoted to knowledge, thereby situating them within a revered genealogical and ethical framework.