Shloka 11

Devanagari script

धौम्यो विभाण्डो माण्डव्यो धौम्र: कृष्णानुभौतिक: । उलूक: परमो वितप्रो मार्कण्डेयो महामुनि:

Transliteration

dhaumyo vibhāṇḍo māṇḍavyo dhaumraḥ kṛṣṇānubhautikaḥ | ulūkaḥ paramo vitapro mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „(Da waren) Dhaumya, Vibhāṇḍa, Māṇḍavya, Dhumra, Kṛṣṇānubhautika, Ulūka, der hervorragende Vitapra und der große Weise Mārkaṇḍeya.“

Word by Word

धौम्यःDhaumya (a sage)

विभाण्डःVibhāṇḍa (a sage)

माण्डव्यःMāṇḍavya (a sage)

धौम्रःDhaumra (a sage)

कृष्णानुभौतिकःKṛṣṇānubhāutika (one connected with/pertaining to Kṛṣṇa’s experience/tradition; proper name)

उलूकःUlūka (a sage/person)

परमःsupreme, excellent

वितप्रःVitapra (proper name; lit. ‘branching/with branches’)

मार्कण्डेयःMārkaṇḍeya (the sage)

महामुनिःgreat sage

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dhaumya

Vibhāṇḍa

Māṇḍavya

Dhaumra (Dhumra)

Kṛṣṇānubhautika

Ulūka

Vitapra

Mārkaṇḍeya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces that dharma-instruction in the Śānti Parva is supported by the testimony and presence of venerable sages; ethical guidance is presented as rooted in an authoritative ṛṣi-tradition rather than personal opinion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is listing notable sages—Dhaumya, Vibhāṇḍa, Māṇḍavya, and others—likely as part of a larger catalogue of seers connected with the discourse, thereby framing the ensuing (or surrounding) teachings with respected witnesses and transmitters.