Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सांख्ययोगौ नारदश्न दुर्वासाश्च महानृषि: । अत्यन्ततपसो दान्तास्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता:

Transliteration

sāṅkhyayogau nāradaś ca durvāsāś ca mahānṛṣiḥ | atyantatapaso dāntās triṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «سانخيا (Sāṅkhya) ويوغا (Yoga)، ونارادا (Nārada)، والحكيم العظيم دورفاسا (Durvāsā)—هؤلاء مشهورون في العوالم الثلاثة بأنهم زُهّاد ذوو تقشّف بالغ وضبطٍ كامل للنفس.»

Word by Word

• सांख्ययोगौ: Sāṅkhya and Yoga (sages/persons named thus)
• सांख्ययोगौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांख्ययोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महानृषिः: the great sage
• महानृषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानृषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्यन्ततपसः: of extreme austerity / very ascetic
• अत्यन्ततपसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्यन्ततपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दान्ताः: self-controlled
• दान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: All (as numeral adjective), Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विश्रुताः: renowned
• विश्रुताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sāṅkhya
• Yoga
• Nārada
• Durvāsā
• three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual authority is grounded in tapas (austerity) and dama (self-restraint). The verse highlights that disciplines like Sāṅkhya and Yoga, and exemplary sages such as Nārada and Durvāsā, are honored because they embody intense practice and mastery over the senses—ethical strength expressed as inner control.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction within the Anuśāsana Parva, he is enumerating or pointing to revered authorities—paths (Sāṅkhya, Yoga) and sages (Nārada, Durvāsā)—as exemplars famed across the three worlds, reinforcing the credibility of ascetic ideals and dharmic discipline.