Shloka 128

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

भगोस्तु पुत्रा: सप्तासन्‌ सर्वे तुल्या भगोर्गुणै: । च्यवनो वज्शीर्षश्न॒ शुचिरौर्वस्तथैव च

Transliteration

bhagos tu putrāḥ saptāsan sarve tulyā bhagor guṇaiḥ | cyavano vajraśīrṣaś ca śuciḥ aurvas tathaiva ca śukro vareṇyaḥ savanaś caiva saptaite bhṛgavaḥ smṛtāḥ | sarve bhṛgava-vaṁśyāś ca sāmānyato vāruṇāḥ smṛtāḥ yasmin vaṁśe tvam apy utpannaḥ ||

Translation

瓦西什塔说道：“婆伽（Bhaga）有七子，皆与婆伽同具德行。其名为：恰瓦那（Cyavana）、金刚首（Vajraśīrṣa）、舒奇（Śuci）、奥尔瓦（Aurva）、舒克罗（Śukra）、瓦雷尼亚（Vareṇya）、萨瓦那（Savana）——此七者被追忆为‘七位婆利古（Bhṛgu）’。凡属婆利古一系者，通常称为‘瓦鲁那（Vāruṇa）’；而你亦生于此一脉。”

Word by Word

• {'bhagaḥ': 'Bhaga

• a revered figure (here, the father of the seven sons)', 'putrāḥ': 'sons', 'sapta': 'seven', 'āsan': "were (past plural of √as, 'to be')", 'sarve': 'all', 'tulyāḥ': 'equal, comparable', 'guṇaiḥ': 'with virtues/qualities (instrumental plural of guṇa)', 'smṛtāḥ': 'are remembered/are traditionally known', 'vaṁśyaḥ': 'belonging to a lineage', 'sāmānyataḥ': 'generally, in common usage', 'vāruṇāḥ': 'those connected with Varuṇa

• a common appellation for the Bhṛgu lineage here', 'yasmin vaṁśe': 'in which lineage', 'tvam api': 'you also', 'utpannaḥ': 'born, arisen'}

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Bhaga
• Cyavana
• Vajraśīrṣa
• Śuci
• Aurva
• Śukra
• Vareṇya
• Savana
• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgava/Bhārgava)
• Varuṇa (via the epithet Vāruṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the ethical and cultural weight of lineage: noble qualities (guṇas) are highlighted as the true measure of descent, and traditional appellations (like ‘Vāruṇa’ for the Bhṛgus) preserve communal memory and identity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is recounting a genealogical tradition: he lists Bhaga’s seven sons—identified with the Bhṛgu line—and notes that members of this lineage are commonly called Vāruṇas, linking the listener’s own birth to that respected ancestral line.