Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त॑ संकल्पं विदित्वाग्नेर्ज्ञात्वा पुत्रांक्ष बालकान्‌ । सोभितुष्टाव विप्रर्षिब्राह्माणो जातवेदसम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ saṅkalpaṁ viditvāgner jñātvā putrāṁś ca bālakān | so 'bhituṣṭāva viprarṣir brāhmaṇo jātavedasam ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను—అగ్నியின் ఆ సంకల్పాన్ని గ్రహించి, ఆ బాలకులను తన కుమారులేనని తెలుసుకొని, ఆ బ్రాహ్మణుడు—విప్రులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన ఋషి—ప్రసన్నుడై జాతవేదసు (అగ్ని)ని స్తుతించెను.

Word by Word

तम्that (him/it)

संकल्पम्intention, resolve

विदित्वाhaving known

अग्नेःof Agni

ज्ञात्वाhaving learned/understood

पुत्रान्sons

चand

बालकान्boys, children

सःhe

अभितुष्टावत्was well-pleased/satisfied

विप्रर्षिब्राह्मणःthe brahmin (a vipra and rishi)

उपातुष्टावत्was pleased (towards), gratified

जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Agni

Jātavedas

the brahmin (viprarṣi)

sons/children (putrāḥ/bālakāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a higher purpose (saṅkalpa) becomes clear—especially one aimed at protection and rightful welfare—one should respond with gratitude and reverence rather than doubt. Recognizing beneficence and honoring it is presented as a dharmic reaction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker narrates that a brahmin-sage understands Agni’s intention and realizes the children are Agni’s sons; pleased, he praises Agni under the epithet Jātavedas.