Shloka 7

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

भावित्वाच्चैव भावस्य घृताच्या वपुषा हृतः । यत्नान्नियच्छतस्तस्य मुनेरग्निचिकीर्षया

Transliteration

bhāvitvāc caiva bhāvasya ghṛtācyā vapuṣā hṛtaḥ | yatnān niyacchatas tasya muner agnicikīrṣayā

Translation

ଏବଂ ତାହାର ଅନ୍ତଃସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ଗଢ଼ିଯାଇଥିବାରୁ, ଘୃତାଚୀର ରୂପସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟ ତାକୁ ହରିନେଲା। ଅଗ୍ନିକର୍ମ କରିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ ମୁନି ଯତ୍ନପୂର୍ବକ ନିଜକୁ ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, ସେହି ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ବିଘ୍ନିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

भावित्वात्because of (its) future occurrence / inevitability

चand

एवindeed / just

भावस्यof the being / of the event

घृताच्याof the ghee-ladle (ghee-spoon)

वपुषाby/with the body/form

हृतःwas taken away / carried off

यत्नात्from effort; despite effort

नियच्छतःof (him) restraining / trying to restrain

तस्यof him / his

मुनेःof the sage

अग्निचिकीर्षयाby the desire/intention to make (produce) fire

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Ghṛtācī

a muni (sage)

Agni (fire / fire-rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a disciplined person can be shaken when the mind’s intention meets powerful sense-objects; therefore dharma requires vigilant self-restraint and careful guarding of the mind, especially when undertaking sacred vows or rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a sage who, while intending to perform a fire-related rite, becomes captivated by the apsaras Ghṛtācī’s beauty; despite his efforts to control himself, his composure and purpose are disrupted.