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Shloka 8

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

नितम्भूरभुवनो धौम्य: शतानन्दो5कृतव्रण: । जामदग्न्यस्तथा राम: कचश्चेत्येवमादय:

Transliteration

nitambhūr bhuvano dhaumyaḥ śatānando 'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jāmadagnyas tathā rāmaḥ kacaś cety evam-ādayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «(Parmi ces sages) se trouvent Nitambhū, Bhuvana, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, et Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) ; ainsi que Kaca — et bien d’autres encore.» Dans son contexte, ce verset sert de catalogue vénérable de ṛṣi révérés, dont la présence et l’autorité consacrent l’enseignement du dharma, rappelant que la leçon morale s’enracine dans l’ascèse vécue, le savoir et la maîtrise de soi des voyants exemplaires.

Word by Word

नितम्भूःNitabhu (a sage/person name)

भुवनःBhuvana (a sage/person name)

धौम्यःDhaumya (a sage/person name)

शतानन्दःŚatānanda (lit. 'having a hundred joys'; proper name)

अकृतव्रणःAkṛtavraṇa (lit. 'one whose wound is not made'; proper name)

जामदग्न्यःJāmadagnya (descendant/son of Jamadagni; Paraśurāma)

तथाand also/likewise

रामःRāma (here: Paraśurāma)

कचःKaca (a sage/person name)

चand

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner/so

आदयःand others; beginning with these

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Nitambhū

Bhuvana

Dhaumya

Śatānanda

Akṛtavraṇa

Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Kaca

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that dharma-teaching is transmitted and validated through a lineage of exemplary ṛṣis; remembering their names signals reverence for disciplined knowledge (śruti-smṛti tradition) and the ethical authority earned by austerity, learning, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue of sages, naming several prominent figures (including Paraśurāma and Kaca) as part of a larger enumeration of revered seers connected with the discourse, thereby situating the instruction within a sanctified, traditional assembly.