वैशंपायन उवाच
समावृत्तव्रतं तं तु विसृष्टं गुरुणा तदा ॥
प्रस्थितं त्रिदशावासं देवयान्य् अब्रवीद् इदम् ॥
ऋषेर् अङ्गिरसः पौत्र वृत्तेनाभिजनेन च ॥
भ्राजसे विद्यया चैव तपसा च दमेन च ॥
ऋषिर् यथाङ्गिरा मान्यः पितुर् मम महायशाः ॥
तथा मान्यश् च पूज्यश् च भूयो मम बृहस्पतिः ॥
एवं ज्ञात्वा विजानीहि यद् ब्रवीमि तपोधन ॥
व्रतस्थे नियमोपेते यथा वर्ताम्य् अहं त्वयि ॥
स समावृत्तविद्यो मां भक्तां भजितुम् अर्हसि ॥
गृहाण पाणिं विधिवन् मम मन्त्रपुरस्कृतम् ॥
कच उवाच
पूज्यो मान्यश् च भगवान् यथा तव पिता मम ॥
तथा त्वम् अनवद्याङ्गि पूजनीयतरा मम ॥
आत्मप्राणैः प्रियतमा भार्गवस्य महात्मनः ॥
त्वं भद्रे धर्मतः पूज्या गुरुपुत्री सदा मम ॥
यथा मम गुरुर् नित्यं मान्यः शुक्रः पिता तव ॥
देवयानि तथैव त्वं नैवं मां वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
samāvṛttavrataṃ taṃ tu visṛṣṭaṃ guruṇā tadā ||
prasthitaṃ tridaśāvāsaṃ devayāny abravīd idam ||
ṛṣer aṅgirasaḥ pautra vṛttenābhijanena ca ||
bhrājase vidyayā caiva tapasā ca damena ca ||
ṛṣir yathāṅgirā mānyaḥ pitur mama mahāyaśāḥ ||
tathā mānyaś ca pūjyaś ca bhūyo mama bṛhaspatiḥ ||
evaṃ jñātvā vijānīhi yad bravīmi tapodhana ||
vratasthe niyamopete yathā vartāmy ahaṃ tvayi ||
sa samāvṛttavidyo māṃ bhaktāṃ bhajitum arhasi ||
gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ vidhivan mama mantrapuraskṛtam ||
kaca uvāca
pūjyo mānyaś ca bhagavān yathā tava pitā mama ||
tathā tvam anavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatarā mama ||
ātmaprāṇaiḥ priyatamā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ ||
tvaṃ bhadre dharmataḥ pūjyā guruputrī sadā mama ||
yathā mama gurur nityaṃ mānyaḥ śukraḥ pitā tava ||
devayāni tathaiva tvaṃ naivaṃ māṃ vaktum arhasi ||
Vaishampayana said: "To him, dismissed by his teacher, having completed his vow and setting out for the abode of the gods, Devayani spoke thus: 'O grandson of the sage Angiras, you shine with virtuous conduct, lineage, knowledge, austerity, and self-restraint. As the most illustrious sage Angiras is honored by my father, so Brihaspati — your father — is even more honored and revered by me. O you rich in austerity, knowing this, understand what I am saying; recall how I conducted myself toward you when you were under vow and strict observance. You, having completed your studies and mastered knowledge, should love me, who loves you; by rite, with mantras, take my hand.' Kacha said: 'As your father, the lord, is honored and revered by me, so you too, flawless of body, are even more revered by me. O gracious one, you are dearer to the great-souled Bhargava (Shukra) than his own life; by dharma you are always revered by me as the daughter of my teacher. O Devayani, as your father Shukra is my teacher, always revered, so too are you revered; it is not fitting for you to speak to me thus.'"
d11192a08d39 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 3:49:50 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Devayani reveals her love to Kacha, and he respectfully declines it. Two dharmas collide: the love of a maiden and the duty of a disciple. Devayani's love for Kacha is sincere — she had restored him to life more than once — and her feeling is understandable. But Kacha sees in her the "daughter of the teacher" (guru-putri), who by dharma is to be honored as a sister and is not available for marriage. An important law appears here: the teacher's household is sacred, and the guru's daughter is, for the disciple, like a sister or mother; union with her would be a violation of dharma (guru-talpa, defilement of the teacher's bed, or something close to it). Thus Kacha, though he might have answered her love, places dharma above feeling — and in this lies his nobility. Notice that his refusal is not harsh but reverent: he honors Devayani "more than her father," and precisely for that reason cannot take her as his wife. The verse thus reveals a subtlety of dharma: sometimes the very reverence one holds for a person requires refusing closeness with them; and fidelity to a disciple's duty outweighs the fulfillment of desire.