Shloka 123

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

निसर्गाद्‌ ब्रह्मणश्वापि वरुणो यादसाम्पति:

Transliteration

nisargād brahmaṇaś cāpi varuṇo yādasāṃ patiḥ | tataḥ brahmājñayā jalajantūnāṃ svāmī varuṇarūpī bhagavān śivaḥ sarveṣāṃ pūrvaṃ sūryasamāna-tejasvinaṃ bhṛguputra-rūpeṇa gṛhītavān | punaḥ sa eva aṅgirasaṃ agneḥ santānaṃ niścitavān |

Translation

برہما کے فطری ظہور ہی سے آبی مخلوقات کے سردار ورُن بھی پیدا ہوئے۔ پھر برہما کے حکم سے، آبی فرمانروا ورُن کا روپ دھار کر بھگوان شِو نے سورج کے مانند درخشاں بھِرگو کو پہلے بیٹے کے طور پر قبول کیا؛ اور اس کے بعد انگِرس کو اگنی کی اولاد ٹھہرایا۔

Word by Word

• निसर्गात्: from (the act of) creation / by origination
• निसर्गात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निसर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman / of Brahmā (context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यादसाम्: of aquatic creatures
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Brahmā
• Varuṇa
• Śiva
• Bhṛgu
• Aṅgiras
• Agni
• Sūrya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That cosmic roles and spiritual lineages are established through higher ordinance (Brahmā’s command) and upheld by divine agency (Śiva/Varuṇa), illustrating dharma as ordered assignment and faithful execution of rightful authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes a creation-lineage sequence: Varuṇa arises from Brahmā’s emanation; Śiva, taking Varuṇa’s form under Brahmā’s command, first accepts a radiant being as Bhṛgu’s son, and then designates Aṅgiras as the progeny of Agni.