Shloka 9
जमदग्नौ महाभागे तपसा भावितात्मनि । स चापि भृगुशार्दूलस्तं वेदं धारयिष्यति
jamadagnau mahābhāge tapasā bhāvitātmani | sa cāpi bhṛguśārdūlas taṃ vedaṃ dhārayiṣyati ||
Wika ni Vyāsa: “Kay Jamadagni na marangal—na ang kalooban ay hinubog ng pagtitika—ipagkakatiwala ang banal na agham ng pana; at ang ‘tigre’ sa angkan ni Bhṛgu ay mag-iingat at magtataguyod sa Vedang iyon. Kaya, sa lakas ng tadhana, naipapasa ang kaalaman sa sandata para sa nalalapit na pagwasak sa mga Kṣatriya, bagaman ito’y inilalagak sa kamay ng isang nilinis ng tapas.”
व्यववन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ethical authority to inner purification: even potent and dangerous knowledge like the science of arms is portrayed as being borne by one whose self is refined through tapas. It also suggests that the unfolding of violent historical events can be framed as daiva (destiny), while still emphasizing the need for disciplined, dharmic custodianship of power.
Vyāsa describes the transmission and preservation of a sacred martial knowledge (implied dhanurveda) in the Bhṛgu line, specifically with Jamadagni—praised as purified by austerity—who will uphold that ‘Veda’. In the surrounding tradition, this knowledge becomes instrumental in the later, fated conflict involving the destruction of kṣatriyas.