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Shloka 18

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

नारद उवाच राजन्नज्धिरस: पुत्र: संवर्तो नाम धार्मिक: । चड्क्रमीति दिश: सर्वा दिग्वासा मोहयन्‌ प्रजा:

nārada uvāca rājann aṅgirasaḥ putraḥ saṃvarto nāma dhārmikaḥ | digvāsā mohayann prajāḥ sarvā diśaḥ paricakrāmeti ||

Nārada nói: “Tâu Đại vương, Aṅgiras có người con trai thứ hai tên là Saṃvarta, một bậc hết lòng phụng trì dharma. Sống trần thân và ẩn mình khỏi mắt người đời, ông khiến dân chúng mê hoặc, rồi không ngừng du hành khắp mọi phương. Nếu Bṛhaspati không muốn nhận bệ hạ làm chủ tế cho lễ hiến tế, thì hãy đến với Saṃvarta; vị ấy rực rỡ uy quang, và khi đã hoan hỷ, sẽ vui lòng cử hành yajña cho bệ hạ.”

नारदःNarada
नारदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid/spoke
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अङ्गिरसःof Angiras
अङ्गिरसः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संवर्तःSamvarta
संवर्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंवर्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
धार्मिकःrighteous
धार्मिकः:
TypeAdjective
Rootधार्मिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चक्रमीति"(he) wanders"—thus (it is said)
चक्रमीति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचक्रम् + इति
दिशःdirections/quarters
दिशः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
दिग्वासाःone whose clothing is the quarters (i.e., naked)
दिग्वासाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिग्वासस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मोहयन्bewildering/deluding
मोहयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootमुह्
FormShatru (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रजाःthe people/subjects
प्रजाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
A
Aṅgiras
S
Saṃvarta
B
Bṛhaspati
T
the King (rājan)
D
directions (diśaḥ)
S
subjects/people (prajāḥ)
Y
yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

Ritual success and moral order depend not merely on status but on the right alignment of patron and priest: when an established authority (Bṛhaspati) withholds consent, one should seek a qualified, dharmic alternative (Saṃvarta) rather than forcing an improper relationship.

Nārada informs the king about Saṃvarta, Aṅgiras’s righteous son who wanders as a sky-clad ascetic, and advises the king to approach him to officiate the sacrifice if Bṛhaspati declines to accept the king as his yajamāna.