Shloka 7

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

तस्यान्ववाये द्वौ राजन्‌ राजानौ सम्बभूवतु: । हैहयस्तालजंघश्न वत्सस्य जयतां वर

Transliteration

tasyānvavāye dvau rājan rājānau sambabhūvatuḥ | haihayas tālajaṅghaś ca vatsasya jayatāṃ vara ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai Raja, dalam garis keturunannya lahir dua raja yang termasyhur—Haihayā dan Tālajaṅgha. Wahai yang terbaik di antara para pemenang, keduanya adalah putra Vatsa.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्ववाये: in the lineage/descendant line
• अन्ववाये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ववाय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karta
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजानौ: two kings
• राजानौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सम्बभूवतुः: came to be / were born
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• हैहयः: Haihaya
• हैहयः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: हैहय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तालजङ्घः: Tālajaṅgha
• तालजङ्घः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: तालजङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वत्सस्य: of Vatsa
• वत्सस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: वत्स
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जयताम्: may (they) be victorious / let (them) conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वर: O best/excellent one
• Type: Adjective (used as vocative)
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by address rājan)
• Haihaya
• Tālajaṅgha
• Vatsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of lineage and succession in the dharmic imagination of kingship: a ruler’s legacy is carried forward through progeny, and the remembrance of worthy kings sustains social and political continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a genealogical account, telling the king that in a particular royal line two famous kings—Haihaya and Tālajaṅgha—were born as sons of Vatsa.