Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ३ ६ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ७३ ३ “लोक हैं) हू... “+(>9) #2:.# #25-२ अष्टाधिकशततमोब् ध्याय: भगीरथका हिमालयपर तपस्याद्वारा गंगा और महादेवजीको प्रसन्न करके उनसे वर प्राप्त करना लोगश उवाच स तु राजा महेष्वासश्नक्रवर्ती महारथ: । बभूव सर्वलोकस्य मनोनयननन्दन:,लोमशजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! महान्‌ धनुर्धर महारथी राजा भगीरथ चक्रवर्ती नरेश थे। वे सब लोगोंके मन और नेत्रोंको आनन्द प्रदान करनेवाले थे

Transliteration

Lomaśa uvāca | sa tu rājā maheṣvāsaś cakravartī mahārathaḥ | babhūva sarvalokasya manonayananandanaḥ ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “That king—Bhagīratha—was a mighty archer, a universal sovereign, and a great chariot-warrior. He became a source of delight to the minds and eyes of all people.”

Word by Word

लोमशःLomasha (the sage)

उवाचsaid

सःhe

तुbut/indeed

राजाking

महेष्वासःhaving a great bow; great archer

चक्रवर्तीuniversal monarch

महारथःgreat chariot-warrior

बभूवbecame/was

सर्वलोकस्यof all people/of the whole world

मनोनयननन्दनःdelighter of minds and eyes

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Bhagīratha

sarvaloka (all people/the world)

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 presents an ideal of dharmic kingship: a ruler’s greatness is not only martial prowess and sovereignty, but also the capacity to bring well-being and confidence to the people—‘delighting the minds and eyes’ of all through admirable presence and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa begins describing King Bhagīratha, praising him as a mighty archer and universal monarch whose excellence pleased everyone, introducing the figure whose later tapas (austerity) will be narrated.