Shloka 60

ययाति–देवयानी संवादः

Yayāti–Devayānī Dialogue and Śukra’s Consent

Devanagari script

पुत्रो भूत्वा भावय भावितो मा- मस्मद्देहादुपनिष्क्रम्य तात । समीक्षेथा धर्मवतीमवेक्षां गुरो: सकाशातृ्‌ प्राप्य विद्यां सविद्य:,तात! मेरे इस शरीरसे जीवित निकलकर मेरे लिये पुत्रके तुल्य हो मुझे पुन: जिला देना। मुझ गुरुसे विद्या प्राप्त करके विद्वान्‌ हो जानेपर भी मेरे प्रति धर्मयुक्त दृष्टिसे ही देखना

Transliteration

śukra uvāca |

putro bhūtvā bhāvaya bhāvito mā-

masmaddehād upaniṣkramya tāta |

samīkṣethā dharmavatīm avekṣāṃ

guroḥ sakāśāt prāpya vidyāṃ savidyaḥ ||

Translation

Śukra nói: “Con ơi, khi sinh lực rời khỏi thân xác này của ta, hãy bước ra khỏi thân ta mà vẫn còn sống; rồi hãy như một người con đối với ta, mà hoàn sinh ta để đáp lại điều ta đã nuôi dưỡng nơi con. Và dẫu con đã thọ học nơi thầy, trở thành bậc thực học, vẫn hãy nhìn ta bằng ánh nhìn của dharma và bổn phận.”

Word by Word

• {'putraḥ': 'son', 'bhūtvā': 'having become

• becoming', 'bhāvaya': 'cause to live/restore

• sustain (also: honor, cherish)', 'bhāvitaḥ': 'nurtured, fostered, benefited

• one who has been supported', 'mām': 'me', 'asmad-dehāt': 'from my body', 'upaniṣkramya': 'having gone out

• having departed (esp. of life-breath)', 'tāta': 'dear child

• son (vocative)', 'samīkṣethāḥ': 'you should look upon

• you should regard', 'dharmavatīm': 'righteous

• in accordance with dharma', 'avekṣām/avekṣāṃ': 'look, gaze

• attitude of viewing', 'guroḥ sakāśāt': 'from the presence of the teacher

• from the teacher', 'prāpya': 'having obtained', 'vidyām': 'knowledge

• learning', 'savidyaḥ': 'learned

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• guru (teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Learning (vidyā) must be governed by dharma: even after becoming learned through one’s teacher, one should maintain a righteous, respectful attitude toward benefactors and elders, repaying nurture with gratitude and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra addresses a younger person (tāta), asking that when Śukra’s life leaves his body, the listener should act like a son and restore him, and thereafter—despite gaining learning from a guru—continue to regard Śukra with a dharma-aligned, dutiful gaze.