Shloka 51

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

ह्वीनिषेव: सुहोत्रश्न भूरिहा पुष्पवान्‌ वृष: । सत्येषु#षभो बाहु: कपिलाश्वञी विरूपक:

Transliteration

hvīniṣevaḥ suhotraśna bhūrihā puṣpavān vṛṣaḥ | satyeṣuṣabho bāhuḥ kapilāśvañ ca virūpakaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “(In that lineage/series) there were men of varied names and qualities—Hvīniṣeva, Suhotraśna, Bhūrihā, Puṣpavān, and Vṛṣa; also Satyeṣuṣabha, Bāhu, Kapilāśva, and Virūpaka.”

Word by Word

ह्वीनिषेवःHvīniṣeva (a proper name/epithet)

सुहोत्रःSu-hotṛ (good sacrificer / having good oblations; proper name)

उश्नःwarm, hot (as an epithet/name)

भूरिहाBhūri-hā (slayer of many; proper name/epithet)

पुष्पवान्flower-bearing, blossoming

वृषःbull; (also) excellent man; Vṛṣa (name/epithet)

सत्येषुin truths / among the truthful

ऋषभःbull; chief/excellent one; Ṛṣabha (name/epithet)

बाहुःarm; Bāhu (proper name/epithet)

कपिलाश्वःKapilāśva (having tawny horses; proper name)

चand

विरूपकःVirūpaka (proper name; lit. 'of diverse form')

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Hvīniṣeva

Suhotraśna

Bhūrihā

Puṣpavān

Vṛṣa

Satyeṣuṣabha

Bāhu

Kapilāśva

Virūpaka

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes