Shloka 137

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

जग्राहांगिरसं देव: शिखी तस्माद्भधुताशन: । तस्मादांगिरसा ज्ञेया: सर्व एव तदन्वया:

Transliteration

jagrāhāṅgirasaṃ devaḥ śikhī tasmād badhutāśanaḥ | tasmād āṅgirasā jñeyāḥ sarva eva tad-anvayāḥ ||

Translation

ବସିଷ୍ଠ କହିଲେ—ଜ୍ୱାଲାକିରୀଟଧାରୀ ଅଗ୍ନିଦେବ ଅଙ୍ଗିରାଙ୍କୁ ପୁତ୍ରରୂପେ ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲେ; ତେଣୁ ଅଙ୍ଗିରାବଂଶଜ ସମସ୍ତେ ଅଗ୍ନିବଂଶୀ ବୋଲି ଜ୍ଞେୟ, ଏବଂ ‘ବାରୁଣ’ ସଂଜ୍ଞାରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରିଚିତ।

Word by Word

• जग्राह: took, accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• अङ्गिरसम्: Angiras (as object)
• अङ्गिरसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिखी: the flame-crested one (Agni)
• शिखी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• बभूव: became, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• धूताशनः: Agni (the consumer of offerings)
• धूताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूताशन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• अङ्गिरसः: the Angirases (descendants of Angiras)
• अङ्गिरसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ज्ञेयाः: to be known (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञेय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तदन्वयाः: of that lineage, descended from him
• तदन्वयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तदन्वय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Aṅgiras
• Agni (Hutāśana, Śikhī)
• Varuṇa
• Śiva (as indicated by the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Lineage is presented as a sacred transmission: descendants inherit not only ancestry but also a divine affiliation and the duties/identity that come with it (here, Aṅgiras’s line being understood as connected with Agni, and also associated with Varuṇa by designation).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha explains a genealogical-theological point: Agni is said to have accepted Aṅgiras as a son; consequently, Aṅgiras’s descendants are characterized as belonging to Agni’s line and are also described with a Varuṇa-linked name, establishing how certain clans are traditionally classified.