Shloka 30

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude

Devanagari script

धर्मेण लब्ध्वा तां भार्यामचीको द्विजसत्तम: । यथाकामं यथाजोषं तया रेमे सुमध्यया,विप्रवर ऋचीकने धर्मपूर्वक सत्यवतीको पत्नीरूपमें प्राप्त करके उस सुन्दरीके साथ अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार सुखपूर्वक रमण किया

Transliteration

dharmeṇa labdhvā tāṃ bhāryām acīko dvijasattamaḥ | yathākāmaṃ yathājoṣaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā ||

Translation

ధర్మమార్గంలో ఆ భార్యను పొందిన ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠుడు ఋచీకుడు, ఆ సుమధ్య సుందరితో తన కోరిక ప్రకారం, పరస్పర సంతృప్తి ప్రకారం ఆనందంగా విహరించాడు.

Word by Word

धर्मेणby righteousness / lawfully

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

ताम्her / that (woman)

भार्याम्wife

ऋचीकःR̥cīka

द्विजसत्तमःbest of the twice-born (brahmins)

यथाकामम्as desired / at will

यथाजोषम्to his full satisfaction / pleasantly

तयाwith her

रेमेenjoyed / sported

सुमध्ययाwith the slender-waisted (lady)

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Akṛtavraṇa

Ṛ

Ṛcīka

Ṛ

Ṛcīka's wife (Satyavatī, implied by context)

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?

Pleasure (kāma) is ethically valid when it rests on dharma: a spouse obtained and a relationship maintained through righteous conduct makes conjugal enjoyment a sanctioned part of the householder path rather than a moral transgression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa narrates that the Brahmin sage Ṛcīka, having lawfully obtained his wife, lived happily with her, enjoying marital life in a manner agreeable to desire and mutual satisfaction.