Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

वल्लभस्तस्य तनय: साक्षाद्धर्म इवापर: | कुशिकस्तस्य तनय: सहस्राक्षसमद्युति:,बलाकाश्च॒का पुत्र वललभनामसे प्रसिद्ध हुआ, जो साक्षात्‌ दूसरे धर्मके समान था। वल्लभके पुत्र कुशिक हुए, जो इन्द्रके समान तेजस्वी थे

Transliteration

vallabhas tasya tanayaḥ sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ | kuśikas tasya tanayaḥ sahasrākṣa-samadyutiḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “His son was Vallabha, who was like Dharma himself in another form. Vallabha’s son was Kuśika, radiant with a splendor comparable to that of the thousand-eyed Indra.”

Word by Word

वल्लभःVallabha (name)

तस्यof him / his

तनयःson

साक्षात्directly, in person, manifestly

धर्मःDharma (righteousness / the god Dharma)

इवlike, as if

अपरःanother, second

कुशिकःKuśika (name)

तस्यof him / his

तनयःson

सहस्राक्षthe thousand-eyed one (Indra)

समद्युतिःof equal splendor

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

भ

भीष्म (Bhīṣma)

व

वल्लभ (Vallabha)

क

कुशिक (Kuśika)

ध

धर्म (Dharma, personified)

इ

इन्द्र (Indra / Sahasrākṣa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes