Shloka 129

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

शुक्रो वरेण्यश्न विभु: सवनश्चेति सप्त ते । भार्गवा वारुणा: सर्वे येषां वंशे भवानपि

Transliteration

śukro vareṇyaś ca vibhuḥ savanaś ceti sapta te | bhārgavā vāruṇāḥ sarve yeṣāṁ vaṁśe bhavān api ||

Translation

وسِشٹھ نے کہا—شُکر، وَرَیْنْیَ، وِبھو اور سَوَن—ان سمیت کل سات۔ یہ سب بھارگو ہیں اور روایتاً ‘وارُṇ’ کہلاتے ہیں؛ اور اسی نسب میں تم بھی پیدا ہوئے ہو۔

Word by Word

• {'śukraḥ': 'Śukra

• a renowned Bhārgava sage (also associated with preceptorship and wisdom)', 'vareṇyaḥ': 'Vareṇya

• a proper name here (also means “excellent, choice-worthy” in general usage)', 'vibhuḥ': 'Vibhu

• a proper name here (also means “mighty, all-pervading”)', 'savanaḥ': 'Savana

• a proper name here (also connected with “pressing/rite” in Vedic usage)', 'iti': 'thus

• marking the close of a list/quotation', 'sapta': 'seven', 'te': 'they/these (referring to the seven persons named)', 'bhārgavāḥ': 'descendants of Bhṛgu

• members of the Bhṛgu lineage', 'vāruṇāḥ': 'called Vāruṇa

• associated with Varuṇa (a lineage-epithet/traditional designation)', 'sarve': 'all', 'yeṣām': 'of whom

• whose', 'vaṁśe': 'in the lineage/dynasty', 'bhavān': 'you (honorific)', 'api': 'also, even'}

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Śukra
• Vareṇya
• Vibhu
• Savana
• Bhārgavas (Bhṛgu lineage)
• Vāruṇas (lineage epithet connected with Varuṇa)
• Bhṛgu
• Varuṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral weight of belonging to a revered lineage of sages: tradition confers not only honor but also responsibility to uphold learning, restraint, and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is identifying a set of seven Bhārgava figures and stating that Bhārgavas are known as Vāruṇas; he then links the listener directly to that same ancestral line.