Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अम्भोरुहश्चारुमत्स्य: शिरीषी चाथ गार्दभि: । ऊर्जयोनिरुदापेक्षी नारदी च महानृषि:

Transliteration

ambhoruhaś cārumatsyaḥ śirīṣī cātha gārdabhiḥ | ūrjayoni-rudāpekṣī nāradī ca mahānṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Ambhoruha, Cārumatsya, Śirīṣī, and also Gārdabhī; and Ūrjayoni, Rudāpekṣī, and Nāradi—these are great sages.”

Word by Word

अम्भोरुहःAmbhoruha (lotus; lit. water-born)

चारुमत्स्यःCārumatsya (the lovely-fish; a proper name)

शिरीषीŚirīṣin/Śirīṣī (one associated with the śirīṣa tree; a proper name)

चand

अथthen/also

गार्दभिःGārdabhi (a proper name)

ऊर्जयोनिःŪrjayoni (having vigor/energy as source; a proper name)

उदापेक्षीUdāpekṣin (indifferent/unconcerned; a proper name/epithet)

नारदीNārada-like / descendant of Nārada (Nāradi; a proper name/epithet)

चand

महानृषिःgreat sage

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Ambhoruha

Cārumatsya

Śirīṣī

Gārdabhī

Ūrjayoni

Rudāpekṣī

Nāradi

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the authority of dharma-teaching through recognized seers: ethical instruction is grounded in an acknowledged lineage of great ṛṣis whose names are preserved and cited as sources of tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues an enumerative passage, naming a set of great sages (ṛṣis). The verse functions as part of a catalog that situates the ongoing instruction within a broader sacred tradition.