Shloka 37
अपनी पत्नी सत्यवतीको गर्भवती अवस्थामें देखकर भृगुश्रेष्ठ महर्षि ऋचीकका मन खिन्न हो गया ।। व्यत्यासेनोपयुक्तस्ते चरुव्यक्त भविष्यति । व्यत्यास: पादपे चापि सुव्यक्तं ते कृत: शुभे,उन्होंने कहा--'शुभे! जान पड़ता है तुमने बदलकर चरुका उपयोग किया है। इसी तरह तुमलोगोंने वृक्षोंके आलिंगनमें भी उलट-फेर कर दिया है--ऐसा स्पष्ट प्रतीत हो रहा है
bhīṣma uvāca | svāṁ patnīṁ satyavatīṁ garbhiṇīm avalokya bhṛguśreṣṭhasya maharṣeḥ ṛcīkasya manaḥ khinnaṁ babhūva | vyatyāsena upayuktaḥ te caruḥ vyaktaḥ bhaviṣyati | vyatyāsaḥ pādape cāpi suvyaktaṁ te kṛtaḥ śubhe |
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: Nang makita niyang buntis si Satyavatī na kanyang asawa, ang dakilang rishi na si Ṛcīka—ang pinakadakila sa angkan ng Bhṛgu—ay nabagabag sa puso. Sinabi niya, “O mapalad na babae, malinaw na ginamit mo ang handog na lugaw sa sakripisyo (caru) nang pabaligtad. Gayundin, sa usapin ng pagyakap sa mga punò, hayag na nagkaroon kayo ng pagpapalitan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that dharmic acts, especially rites involving vows and offerings, depend on correct intention and correct procedure; a reversal (vyatyāsa) in what is meant for whom can invert results and create lasting consequences for family and lineage.
Ṛcīka sees Satyavatī pregnant and realizes that the caru meant for a particular purpose has been used in an interchanged way; he also infers a similar interchange connected with the prescribed act involving trees, and he voices his distress and certainty that the reversal has occurred.