Shloka 8
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
Devanagari script
कुशिकस्य च दुर्धर्ष गाधेश्वैव महात्मन: । सोमकस्य च दुर्धर्ष दिलीपस्य तथैव च,राजन! दुर्धर्ष महाराज! वेननन्दन पृथु, महात्मा इक्ष्वाकु, ययाति, अम्बरीष, मान्धाता, नहुष, मुचुकुन्द, उशीनरपुत्र शिबि, ऋषभ, इलानन्दन पुरूरवा, राजा नृग, कुशिक, महात्मा गाधि, सोमक, दिलीप तथा अन्य जो महाबली क्षत्रिय नरेश हुए हैं, उन सभीको भारतवर्ष बहुत प्रिय रहा है
Transliteration
kuśikasya ca durdharṣa gādheś caiva mahātmanaḥ | somakasya ca durdharṣa dilīpasya tathaiva ca ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: “O king, O mighty and unassailable one—so too were Kuśika, the great-souled Gādhi, Somaka, and likewise Dilīpa.”
Word by Word
कुशिकस्यof Kuśika
कुशिकस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकुशिक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
दुर्धर्षO unassailable one
दुर्धर्ष:
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्धर्ष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गाधेःof Gādhi
गाधेः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगाधि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महात्मनःof the great-souled one
महात्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सोमकस्यof Somaka
सोमकस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसोमक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
दुर्धर्षO unassailable one
दुर्धर्ष:
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्धर्ष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दिलीपस्यof Dilīpa
दिलीपस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिलीप
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'rājan'/'durdharṣa')K
KuśikaG
GādhiS
SomakaD
DilīpaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes