Shloka 38

Devanagari script

भग्वज्धिरास्तथा कण्वो मेधातिथिरथ प्रभु: । बहीं च गुणसम्पन्न: प्राचीं दिशमुपाश्रिता:

Transliteration

bhagvajdhirāstathā kaṇvo medhātithiratha prabhuḥ | barhīṃ ca guṇasampannaḥ prācīṃ diśamupāśritāḥ |

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „So auch Bhagvajdhira, Kanva, der mächtige Medhātithi und Barhī—mit allen Tugenden ausgestattet—haben im östlichen Viertel Zuflucht genommen.“

Word by Word

• यवक्रीतः: Yavakrīta (a sage)
• यवक्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रैभ्यः: Raibhya (a sage)
• रैभ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैभ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān (a sage)
• कक्षीवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• औशिजः: Auśija (a sage)
• औशिजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: औशिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu (a sage)
• भृगुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgiras (a sage)
• अङ्गिराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कण्वः: Kaṇva (a sage)
• कण्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेधातिथिः: Medhātithi (a sage)
• मेधातिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधातिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• प्रभुः: mighty, powerful
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बर्ही: Barhi (a sage)
• बर्ही: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिन्/बर्ही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुणसम्पन्नः: endowed with virtues
• गुणसम्पन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राचीम्: eastern
• प्राचीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाश्रिताः: having resorted to / dwelling in
• उपाश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-श्रि (धातु) / उपाश्रित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bhagvajdhira
• Kanva
• Medhatithi
• Barhi
• Eastern direction (Praci disha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that dharma is preserved by exemplary sages established across the world; naming them and locating them in the eastern quarter highlights virtue, authority, and the idea of a morally ordered sacred geography.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is enumerating revered seers associated with a particular direction. Here he identifies sages who are said to dwell in the eastern quarter, continuing a directional catalog of eminent figures.