Shloka 4
Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)
जनेश्वर! क्षत्रियलोग सदासे ही भृगुवंशी ब्राह्मणोंके यजमान हैं; किंतु प्रारब्धवश आगे चलकर उनमें फूट हो जायगी। इसलिये वे दैवकी प्रेरणासे समस्त भृगुवंशियोंका संहार कर डालेंगे। नरेश्वर! वे दैवदण्डसे पीड़ित हो गर्भके बच्चेतकको काट डालेंगे ।।
janeśvara! kṣatriyaloko sadāsa hi bhṛguvaṃśī brāhmaṇoṃ ke yajamāna hai; kiṃtu prārabdhavaśa āge calakara unameṃ phūṭa ho jāyagī. isaliye ve daivakī preraṇāse samasta bhṛguvaṃśiyoṃ kā saṃhāra kara ḍāleṃge. nareśvara! ve daivadaṇḍase pīḍita ho garbhake bacce taka ko kāṭa ḍāleṃge. tata utpatsyate 'smākaṃ kule gotravivardhanaḥ | ūrvo nāma mahātejā jvalanārkasamadyutiḥ ||
O panginoon ng mga tao, ang mga Kṣatriya ay tunay na mga yajamāna—mga tagapagtaguyod ng handog—ng mga Brahmin sa angkang Bhṛgu; subalit sa lakas ng tadhana, darating ang panahon na magkakaroon ng pagkakabiyak sa pagitan nila. Kaya, sa udyok ng banal na kapangyarihan, lilipulin nila ang buong angkan ng Bhṛgu. O hari, sa bigat ng pamalo ng kapalaran, wawasakin nila maging ang mga sanggol sa sinapupunan. Pagkaraan, sa aming lahi ay isisilang ang isang makapangyarihang bata na ang pangalan ay Ūrva, tagapagpalago ng gotra ng Bhārgava; ang kanyang ningning ay di-mapipigil—gaya ng apoy at ng araw.
व्यववन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames social rupture and extreme violence as arising under the pressure of prārabdha (set destiny) and daiva (fate/divine agency), while also emphasizing the ethical gravity of such acts—especially harm to the unborn—and the idea that lineage and dharma can be restored through a righteous successor (Ūrva) who preserves the gotra.
A speaker addresses a king, predicting that although Kshatriyas are normally patrons of the Bhṛgu Brahmins, destiny will cause a split leading to the slaughter of the Bhṛgu line, even extending to unborn children. After this devastation, a powerful child named Ūrva will be born in the speaker’s lineage to revive and expand the Bhārgava gotra.