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Shloka 88

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

भरद्वाज उवाच भरे5सुतान्‌ भरेडशिष्यान्‌ भरे देवान्‌ भरे द्विजान्‌ । भरे भार्या भरे द्वाजं भरद्वाजोडस्मि शोभने,भरद्वाजने कहा--कल्याणी! जो मेरे पुत्र और शिष्य नहीं हैं, उनका भी मैं पालन करता हूँ, तथा देवता, ब्राह्मण, अपनी धर्मपत्नी तथा द्वाज (वर्णसंकर) मनुष्योंका भी भरण-पोषण करता हूँ, इसलिये भरद्वाज नामसे प्रसिद्ध हूँ

bharadvāja uvāca | bhare sutān bhare śiṣyān bhare devān bhare dvijān | bhare bhāryāṃ bhare dvājān bharadvājo 'smi śobhane ||

ഭരദ്വാജൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കല്യാണീ! ഞാൻ എന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരെ പോഷിക്കുന്നു, ശിഷ്യന്മാരെയും; യജ്ഞാദികളാൽ ദേവന്മാരെ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു, ദാനധർമ്മത്താൽ ദ്വിജന്മാരെയും പിന്തുണക്കുന്നു. എന്റെ ഭാര്യയെയും, ‘ദ്വാജ’ (വർണസങ്കരർ) എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവരെയും ഞാൻ പോഷിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ, ഹേ ശോഭനേ, ഞാൻ ഭരദ്വാജൻ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ.

भरद्वाजःBharadvaja
भरद्वाजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभरद्वाज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
भरेI support / I maintain
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुतान्sons
सुतान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भरेI support
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
शिष्यान्disciples
शिष्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिष्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भरेI support
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
देवान्gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भरेI support
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्विजान्twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भरेI support
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
भार्याम्wife
भार्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
भरेI support
भरे:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्वाजम्Dvaja (a class of people; varṇa-saṅkara per context)
द्वाजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्वाज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भरद्वाजःBharadvaja
भरद्वाजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभरद्वाज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
शोभनेO beautiful one / O auspicious lady
शोभने:
TypeAdjective
Rootशोभन
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
D
devāḥ (the gods)
D
dvijāḥ (the twice-born)
B
bhāryā (wife)
S
sutāḥ (sons)
Ś
śiṣyāḥ (disciples)
D
dvājāḥ (varṇa-saṅkara / mixed-origin people)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames dharma as active support: a righteous person sustains not only one’s own family and students but also the wider sacred and social order—gods through offerings, the twice-born through proper giving, and even socially marginal or mixed-origin people—showing inclusive responsibility rather than narrow self-interest.

Bharadvāja speaks to a woman addressed as “śobhane,” explaining why he is called Bharadvāja: he ‘bears’ (bhare) the burden of maintaining many—sons, disciples, gods, Brahmins, his wife, and others—using a wordplay/etymology to present his identity as grounded in sustained duty.