Shloka 124

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

जग्राह वै भृगुं पूर्वमपत्यं सूर्यवर्चसम्‌ । ईश्वरो$ज्लिरिसं चाग्नेरपत्यार्थमकल्पयत्‌

Transliteration

jagrāha vai bhṛguṃ pūrvam apatyaṃ sūryavarcasaṃ | īśvaro 'ṅgirasaṃ cāgner apatya-artham akalpayat ||

Translation

ایشور نے پہلے سورج کے مانند درخشاں بھِرگو کو اپنی اولاد کے طور پر قبول کیا۔ پھر اسی ایشور نے نسل کے تسلسل کے لیے انگِرس کو اگنی کی اولاد مقرر کیا۔

Word by Word

• जग्राह: took/accepted
• जग्राह: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (completed past), 3, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भृगुम्: Bhṛgu
• भृगुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पूर्वम्: first/earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अपत्यम्: offspring/son (as offspring)
• अपत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सूर्यवर्चसम्: having sun-like radiance
• सूर्यवर्चसम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यवर्चस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ईश्वरः: the Lord (Īśvara)
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अङ्गिरसम्: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिरसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अपत्यार्थम्: for the purpose of offspring
• अपत्यार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपत्यार्थ

• अकल्पयत्: appointed/ordained
• अकल्पयत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), imperfect (past), 3, singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• भृगु (Bhṛgu)
• ईश्वर (Īśvara)
• अङ्गिरस् (Aṅgiras)
• अग्नि (Agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That progeny and lineage are portrayed as part of a purposeful cosmic arrangement: the Lord ‘accepts’ and ‘appoints’ beings into specific familial roles to sustain continuity and dharma, emphasizing order over randomness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha narrates a sequence of divine decisions: first Bhṛgu is taken/accepted as a son by the Lord; then Aṅgiras is designated as Agni’s offspring, explicitly ‘for the sake of progeny,’ indicating an intentional structuring of genealogies.