Shloka 9

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude

Devanagari script

अकृतव्रण उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि महदाख्यानमुत्तमम्‌ | भगूणां राजशार्दूल वंशे जातस्य भारत,अकृतब्रणने कहा--भरतकुलभूषण नृपश्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिर! भूगुवंशी परशुरामजीकी कथा बहुत बड़ी और उत्तम है, मैं आपसे उसका वर्णन करूँगा

Transliteration

Akṛtavraṇa uvāca: hanta te kathayiṣyāmi mahad ākhyānam uttamam | Bhṛgūṇāṁ rājaśārdūla vaṁśe jātasya Bhārata ||

Translation

Akṛtavraṇa nói: “Được, ta sẽ kể cho ngài một truyền thuyết lớn lao và cao quý—hỡi bậc hổ tướng giữa các quân vương, hỡi dòng Bhārata—về một người sinh ra trong huyết hệ Bhṛgu.”

Word by Word

• {'Akṛtavraṇa uvāca': 'Akṛtavraṇa said', 'hanta': 'come!, well then! (an exclamation introducing a narration)', 'te': 'to you', 'kathayiṣyāmi': 'I will narrate, I will tell', 'mahat': 'great, vast, important', 'ākhyānam': 'legend, traditional narrative, celebrated account', 'uttamam': 'best, excellent, supreme', 'Bhṛgūṇām': 'of the Bhṛgus (a renowned Brahmin lineage)', 'rājaśārdūla': 'tiger among kings (honorific for a great ruler)', 'vaṁśe': 'in the lineage, dynasty', 'jātasya': 'of one who is born', 'Bhārata': 'O descendant of Bharata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)'}

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Akṛtavraṇa
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgūṇām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical instruction through revered lineage-based narrative: a ‘great and excellent’ traditional account is introduced as a vehicle for dharma, using respectful address to a king and grounding authority in the Bhṛgu tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa announces that he is about to tell Yudhiṣṭhira a celebrated story concerning a figure born in the Bhṛgu line, setting up the forthcoming episode and its moral import.