Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियो ब्राह्म॒णाचारो मातुस्तव सुतो महान्‌ | भविष्यति महावीर्य: साधूनां मार्गमास्थित:,“और तुम्हारी माताका पुत्र क्षत्रिय होकर भी ब्राह्मणोचित आचार-विचारका पालन करनेवाला होगा। वह महापराक्रमी बालक साधु-महात्माओंके मार्गका अवलम्बन करेगा”

Transliteration

kṣatriyo brāhmaṇācāro mātus tava suto mahān | bhaviṣyati mahāvīryaḥ sādhūnāṃ mārgam āsthitaḥ ||

Translation

“Ngunit ang dakilang anak ng iyong ina, bagama’t kṣatriya, ay mamumuhay ayon sa asal ng brāhmaṇa. Ang batang iyon ay magiging makapangyarihan at susunod sa landas na tinatahak ng mga matuwid at banal.”

Word by Word

क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya

ब्राह्मणाचारःBrahmin-like conduct

मातुःof (your) mother

तवyour

सुतःson

महान्great

भविष्यतिwill be

महावीर्यःof great valor

साधूनाम्of the good/saints

मार्गम्path

आस्थितःhaving adopted / abiding in

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Akṛtavraṇa

mother (mātṛ)

son (suta)

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?

True nobility is shown by conduct: even a warrior by birth can embody Brāhmaṇa-like virtues—self-control, adherence to righteous norms, and commitment to the path of the good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa delivers a prophetic assurance about a child: the mother’s son will be both powerful and ethically guided, combining Kṣatriya valor with Brāhmaṇa-style disciplined conduct, and will follow the way of the righteous.