Shloka 39

ययाति–देवयानी संवादः

Yayāti–Devayānī Dialogue and Śukra’s Consent

Devanagari script

आहूतो विद्यया भद्ठे भार्गवेण महात्मना । त्वत्सममीपमिहायात: कथंचित्‌ समजीवित:,“भद्रे! फिर महात्मा भार्गवने जब विद्याका प्रयोग करके मुझे बुलाया है, तब किसी प्रकारसे पूर्ण जीवन लाभ करके यहाँ तुम्हारे पास आ सका हूँ

Transliteration

āhūto vidyayā bhadre bhārgaveṇa mahātmanā | tvatsamam īpam ihāyātaḥ kathaṃcit samajīvitaḥ ||

Translation

Śukra nói: “Hỡi tiểu thư cao quý, bậc đại hồn Bhārgava đã dùng uy lực của minh tri thức mà gọi ta về. Bằng cách nào đó, ta đã được hoàn sinh trọn vẹn và đến đây, ở gần nàng.”

Word by Word

आहूतःhaving been called/summoned

विद्ययाby (means of) knowledge/magic

भद्रेO auspicious lady!

भार्गवेणby Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

त्वत्of/from you (your-)

समम्near, together with; equally

ईपम्vicinity, presence

इहhere

आयातःhaving come/arrived

कथंचित्somehow, by some means

समजीवितःhaving survived; having obtained life intact

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śukra

Bhārgava

bhadre (addressed woman, unnamed in this verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the potency and responsibility of vidyā (sacred knowledge): it can summon, restore, and redirect life itself, implying that such power should be guided by dharma and used for rightful purposes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra reports that a great Bhārgava sage has called him through vidyā, and that after somehow regaining full life, he has arrived here to be near the woman he addresses as ‘bhadre’.