Shloka 146

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

भविता त्वं च सम्बन्धी भूगूणां भावितात्मनाम्‌ | तुमसे तीसरी पीढ़ीमें तुम्हें ब्राह्मणत्व प्राप्त हो जायगा और तुम शुद्ध अन्तः:करणवाले भगुवंशियोंके सम्बन्धी होओगे

Transliteration

bhavitā tvaṃ ca sambandhī bhṛgūṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām |

Translation

Ngươi sẽ trở thành thân thuộc của dòng Bhṛgu—những bậc có nội tâm thanh tịnh và được rèn luyện. Theo thời vận (dẫu qua nhiều đời), đến đời thứ ba tính từ ngươi, ngươi sẽ đạt địa vị brāhmaṇa, và dòng dõi ngươi sẽ kết mối thân tình với dòng Bhṛgu trong sạch ấy.

Word by Word

• भविता: will be / will become
• भविता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, nominative, singular

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

• सम्बन्धी: a relative / one connected (by relation)
• सम्बन्धी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भृगूणाम्: of the Bhṛgus (Bhrigu lineage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• भावितात्मनाम्: of those whose selves/minds are purified (disciplined)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावितात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgava/Bhṛgus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner cultivation and purity (bhāvitātman) are presented as the basis for worthy affiliation and elevated status; ethical refinement and disciplined character are what make one fit for association with revered lineages like the Bhṛgus.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives a boon/assurance about the listener’s future: the person will become connected by kinship with the Bhṛgu family and, over time, attain recognized brāhmaṇa status—framing social identity as linked to moral and spiritual refinement.