Mahabharata 1.77.7 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 77, Shloka 7

ययातिः शर्मिष्ठायाः ऋतुप्रार्थनां धर्मसंवादं च शृणोति

Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā: request in ṛtu and discourse on truth and dharma

Devanagari script

प्राणेभ्यो5पि प्रियतरा भार्गवस्य महात्मन: । त्वं भद्रे धर्मतः पूज्या गुरुपुत्री सदा मम

Transliteration

prāṇebhyo 'pi priyatarā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ | tvaṃ bhadre dharmataḥ pūjyā guruputrī sadā mama, bhadre ||

Translation

ກະຈະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ອ່ອນໂຍນ, ເຈົ້າເປັນທີ່ຮັກຂອງມະຫາຕະມາ ພາຣຄະວະ (Bhārgava) ຍິ່ງກວ່າຊີວິດຂອງທ່ານເອງ. ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກເຈົ້າເປັນບຸດຣີຂອງຄູ (guruputrī), ຕາມທຳມະແລ້ວ ເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ຂ້ອຍຕ້ອງເຄົາລົບບູຊາຢູ່ເສມອ.»

Word by Word

• प्राणेभ्यः: than (my) lives/breaths
• प्राणेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• प्रियतरा: dearer (more beloved)
• प्रियतरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियतर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भार्गवस्य: of Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious one / O lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मतः: according to dharma; by right
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्मतः

• पूज्या: worthy to be honored
• पूज्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुपुत्री: the guru's daughter
• गुरुपुत्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कच उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaca
• Bhārgava (Śukra)
• Guru’s daughter (Devayānī, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Personal affection must be governed by dharma: even if someone is deeply dear, one must maintain proper reverence and ethical boundaries—here, honoring the guru’s household as worthy of respect.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaca addresses the guru’s daughter, expressing that she is extremely dear to him, yet he emphasizes that, as his teacher Bhārgava’s daughter, she must be treated with continual honor in accordance with dharma.