Shloka 17

Devanagari script

शर्वर्यों दिवसाश्चैव मारीच: कश्यपस्तथा । शुक्रो बृहस्पतिरभौंमो बुधो राहु: शनैश्षर:

Transliteration

śarvaryo divasāś caiva mārīcaḥ kaśyapas tathā | śukro bṛhaspatir abhaumo budho rāhuḥ śanaiścaraḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „(Ferner nenne ich) Nacht und Tag; Kaśyapa, den Sohn des Mārīca; Śukra (Venus); Bṛhaspati (Jupiter); Bhauma/Maṅgala (Mars); Budha (Merkur); Rāhu; und Śanaiścara (Saturn).“

Word by Word

• शर्वर्यः: nights
• शर्वर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• दिवसाः: days
• दिवसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• मारीचः: Marīca (a sage)
• मारीचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारीच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa (a sage)
• कश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Venus / the preceptor of Asuras)
• शुक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (Jupiter / the preceptor of Devas)
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भौमः: Bhauma (Mars)
• भौमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बुधः: Budha (Mercury)
• बुधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राहुः: Rāhu (the eclipse-node/demon)
• राहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शनैश्चरः: Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैश्चर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śarvarī (Night)
• Divasa (Day)
• Mārīci
• Kaśyapa
• Śukra (Venus)
• Bṛhaspati (Jupiter)
• Bhauma/Maṅgala (Mars)
• Budha (Mercury)
• Rāhu
• Śanaiścara (Saturn)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recollection and reverent naming of cosmic principles (time), rishis (lineage of creation), and grahas (planetary powers) is presented as a dharmic practice that cultivates humility and seeks protection by aligning oneself with the universe’s moral-cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a long enumerative litany (nāma-smaraṇa) of revered beings and forces. This verse specifically lists Night, Day, the sage Kaśyapa (son of Mārīci), and several planetary deities (Śukra through Śanaiścara), as part of a broader catalogue invoked for safeguarding and auspiciousness.