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Shloka 426

Devanagari script

अत्रे: पुत्रश्न धर्मात्मा तथा सारस्वत: प्रभु: । उल्मुचु

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

atreḥ putraś ca dharmātmā tathā sārasvataḥ prabhuḥ |

ulmucuḥ pramucuḥ mahābhāga mumucuḥ śaktimān |

svastyātreyaḥ mitrāvaruṇake putro mahāpratāpo’gastyaḥ |

paramaprasiddho ṛṣiśreṣṭho dṛḍhāyuś cordhvabāhuś ca |

ete mahābhāgā dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ nivāsanti |

atha ye paścimāṃ diśaṃ niśritya sadābhyudayaśīlāḥ, teṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ nāmāni śṛṇu |

sa-sahodara-bhrātṛbhiḥ saha uṣaṅguḥ, śaktimān parivyādhaḥ, dīrghatamāḥ, ṛṣir gautamaḥ |

kāśyapaḥ, ekataḥ, dvitāḥ, mahārṣis tritaḥ |

atreḥ putro dharmātmā durvāsāḥ, prabhāvaśālī sārasvataś ca ||

Translation

Bhishma dit : «Voici les grands rishis qui demeurent dans le quartier du Sud : le fils vertueux d’Atri, ainsi que le seigneur Sarasvata ; Ulmucu, Pramucu, le fortuné Mumucu, puissant entre tous ; Svastyātreya ; et Agastya — fils de Mitra et de Varuṇa — d’un éclat immense ; enfin les sages illustres, les meilleurs des ṛṣi, Dṛḍhāyu et Ūrdhvabāhu. Ces êtres éminents résident au Sud. Écoute maintenant les noms de ceux qui, demeurant dans le quartier de l’Ouest, sont toujours associés à la prospérité et à l’essor de bon augure : Uṣaṅgu avec ses frères ; le puissant Parivyādha ; Dīrghatamas ; le sage Gautama ; Kāśyapa ; Ekata et Dvita ; le grand ṛṣi Trita ; Durvāsā, le fils vertueux d’Atri ; et le Sarasvata d’influence.»

Word by Word

अत्रेःof Atri

पुत्रःson

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

तथाand also

सारस्वतःSārasvata (name of a sage)

प्रभुःlord; master

उल्मुचुःUlmucu (sage-name)

प्रमुचुःPramucu (sage-name)

महाभागःgreatly fortunate; illustrious

मुमुचुःMumucu (sage-name)

शक्तिशालीpowerful

स्वस्त्यात्रेयःSvastyātreya (Atri-descendant named Svasti-)

मित्रवरुणयोःof Mitra and Varuṇa

पुत्रःson

महाप्रतापीof great splendor/valor

अगस्त्यःAgastya

परमsupreme; very

प्रसिद्धःwell-known; renowned

ऋषिश्रेष्ठःbest of sages

दृढ़ायुःone of firm/long life

तथाand also

ऊर्ध्वबाहुःone with uplifted arms (name/epithet)

एतेthese

महाभागाःillustrious ones

दक्षिणsouthern

दिशिin the direction

निवसन्तिdwell; reside

अथnow; then

येwho; those who

पश्चिमwestern

दिशिin the direction

निवसन्तःdwelling

सदाalways

अभ्युदयशीलाःever prospering; ever rising

तेषाम्of them

ऋषीणाम्of the sages

नामानिnames

शृणुhear

सहोदरwith (their) uterine/full

भ्रातृभिःbrothers

सहtogether with

उषङ्गुःUṣaṅgu (sage-name)

परिव्याधःParivyādha (sage-name)

दीर्घतमाःDīrghatamas (sage-name)

ऋषिःsage

गौतमःGautama

काश्यपःKaśyapa

एकतःEkata (sage-name)

द्वितःDvita (sage-name)

महर्षिःgreat sage

त्रितःTrita (sage-name)

अत्रेःof Atri

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

पुत्रःson

दुर्वासाःDurvāsas

प्रभावशालीmighty; influential

सारस्वतःSārasvata (sage-name)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Atri

Sarasvata

Ulmucu

Pramucu

Mumucu

Svastyatreya

Mitra

Varuna

Agastya

Dridhayu

Urdhvabahu

Ushangu

Parivyadha

Dirghatamas

Gautama

Kashyapa

Ekata

Dvita

Trita

Durvasa

Southern direction (Dakṣiṇā diś)

Western direction (Paścimā diś)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames revered sages as guardians of the world’s quarters, linking spiritual authority with cosmic order. By naming them by direction, it emphasizes that dharma and auspicious flourishing (abhyudaya) are upheld through the presence, discipline, and renown of ṛṣis across the sacred geography.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is enumerating prominent sages who reside in specific directions—first the southern quarter, then the western quarter—presenting a directional catalogue of ṛṣis and their epithets/lineages (notably Agastya as son of Mitra and Varuṇa, and Durvāsā as Atri’s son).