Shloka 57

Devanagari script

प्रतर्दनो दिवोदास: सुदास: कोसलेश्वर: । ऐलो नलश्न राजर्षिमिनुश्चैव प्रजापति:

Transliteration

pratardano divodāsaḥ sudāsaḥ kosaleśvaraḥ | ailo nalaś ca rājarṣir manuś caiva prajāpatiḥ ||

Translation

ভীষ্মে ক’লে—“আৰু এই ৰাজর্ষিসকলৰ নাম শুনা: প্ৰতর্দন, দিবোদাস, কোসলৰ অধিপতি সুদাস, ঐল (পুৰূৰৱা), ৰাজর্ষি নল আৰু প্ৰজাপতি মনু। এঁহত আৰু পুৰাণত প্ৰসিদ্ধ আন প্ৰাচীন পুণ্যবান ৰজাসকল স্মৰণীয়। যি মানুহে প্ৰতিদিনে পুৱাতে উঠি স্নান কৰি শুচি হৈ প্ৰাতঃকাল আৰু সায়ংকাল এই নামসমূহ পাঠ কৰে, সি ধৰ্মফলৰ অংশীদাৰ হয়।”

Word by Word

• प्रतर्दनः: Pratardana (a king)
• प्रतर्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतर्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa (a king)
• दिवोदासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुदासः: Sudāsa (a king)
• सुदासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कोसल-ईश्वरः: lord of Kosala (king of Kosala)
• कोसल-ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोसलेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऐलः: Aila (Purūravas, descendant of Ilā)
• ऐलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नलः: Nala (a king)
• नलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजर्षिम्: royal sage (rājarṣi)
• राजर्षिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pratardana
• Divodāsa
• Sudāsa
• Kosala
• Aila (Purūravas)
• Nala
• Manu (Prajāpati)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and reciting the names of exemplary dharmic rulers is presented as a meritorious practice: it cultivates reverence for righteous kingship and makes the reciter a participant in the fruits of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a catalog of ancient royal sages, naming several renowned kings and Manu, and concludes with the injunction that daily, purified recitation of such names at dawn and dusk yields religious merit.