Shloka 58

Devanagari script

हविध्रश्न पृषध्रश्न प्रतीप: शान्तनुस्तथा । अज: प्राचीनबर्हिश्व तथेक्ष्वाकुर्महायशा:

Transliteration

havidhraśnaḥ pṛṣadhraśnaḥ pratīpaḥ śāntanus tathā | ajaḥ prācīnabarhiś ca tathekṣvākur mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—“এবার আরও শোনো সেই রাজর্ষিদের নাম: হবিধ্রশ্ন, পৃষধ্রশ্ন, প্রতীপ ও শান্তনু; তদ্রূপ অজ, প্রাচীনবর্হি এবং মহাযশস্বী ইক্ষ্বাকু।”

Word by Word

• हविध्रः: Havidhra (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृषध्रः: Pṛṣadhra (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतीपः: Pratīpa (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तनुः: Śāntanu (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अजः: Aja (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राचीनबर्हिः: Prācīnabarhi (a king's name; lit. 'having ancient sacred grass')
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राचीनबर्हि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इक्ष्वाकुः: Ikṣvāku (a king's name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महायशाः: of great fame
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Havidhraśna
• Pṛṣadhraśna
• Pratīpa
• Śāntanu
• Aja
• Prācīnabarhis
• Ikṣvāku

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That remembering and reciting the names of dharmic royal sages is itself a dharma-practice: it trains the mind toward righteous ideals of kingship and grants a share in the merit associated with dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues an extended enumeration of celebrated kings/royal sages. This verse adds several names to the list, which the chapter frames as worthy of daily remembrance and recitation.