Shloka 146

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

भविता त्वं च सम्बन्धी भूगूणां भावितात्मनाम्‌ | तुमसे तीसरी पीढ़ीमें तुम्हें ब्राह्मणत्व प्राप्त हो जायगा और तुम शुद्ध अन्तः:करणवाले भगुवंशियोंके सम्बन्धी होओगे

Transliteration

bhavitā tvaṃ ca sambandhī bhṛgūṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām |

Translation

Tu te tornarás, de fato, parente dos Bhṛgus—aqueles de interior purificado e disciplinado. A seu tempo (ainda que através de gerações), na terceira geração a partir de ti alcançarás a condição de brāhmaṇa, e tua linhagem se unirá por parentesco àquela estirpe imaculada dos Bhṛgus.

Word by Word

• भविता: will be / will become
• भविता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, nominative, singular

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

• सम्बन्धी: a relative / one connected (by relation)
• सम्बन्धी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भृगूणाम्: of the Bhṛgus (Bhrigu lineage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• भावितात्मनाम्: of those whose selves/minds are purified (disciplined)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावितात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgava/Bhṛgus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner cultivation and purity (bhāvitātman) are presented as the basis for worthy affiliation and elevated status; ethical refinement and disciplined character are what make one fit for association with revered lineages like the Bhṛgus.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives a boon/assurance about the listener’s future: the person will become connected by kinship with the Bhṛgu family and, over time, attain recognized brāhmaṇa status—framing social identity as linked to moral and spiritual refinement.