Shloka 56

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

महानृषिश्व कपिलस्तथर्षिस्ताडकायन: । तथैव चोपगहनस्तथर्षिश्वासुरायण:

Transliteration

mahānarṣiś ca kapilas tatharṣis tāḍakāyanaḥ | tathaiva copagahanas tatharṣiś cāsurāyaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Da war der große Weise Kapila; ebenso der Weise Tāḍakāyana; ferner Upagahana; und der Weise Asurāyaṇa.“

Word by Word

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

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

• कपिलः: Kapila
• कपिलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताडकायनः: Tāḍakāyana
• ताडकायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताडकायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• उपगहनः: Upagahana
• उपगहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपगहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आसुरायणः: Āsurāyaṇa
• आसुरायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसुरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kapila
• Tāḍakāyana
• Upagahana
• Asurāyaṇa