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

அவனுடைய உள்ளத் தீர்மானம் முற்றிலும் உருவெடுத்திருந்ததால், க்ருதாசியின் அழகால் அவன் கவரப்பட்டான். அக்னிகர்மம் செய்யவேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணத்தால் முனிவர் பெரும் முயற்சியுடன் தன்னை அடக்கினாலும், அந்த நோக்கம் கலங்கியது।

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.