Shloka 54

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

शाण्डिल्यानां वरः श्रीमान् देवलः सुमहातपाः शाण्डिल्या नैध्रुवा रैभ्यास् त्रयः पक्षास्तु काश्यपाः

Transliteration

śāṇḍilyānāṃ varaḥ śrīmān devalaḥ sumahātapāḥ śāṇḍilyā naidhruvā raibhyās trayaḥ pakṣāstu kāśyapāḥ

Translation

シャーンディリヤ族の中では、輝かしきデーヴァラが大いなる苦行を備え、最も勝れていた。シャーンディリヤ、ナイドルヴァ、ライビャの三者は、いずれもカश्यパの系譜に属する三つの分枝（パクシャ）であると説かれる。

Word by Word

• शाण्डिल्यानाम्: of the Śāṇḍilyas

• वरः: the best, foremost

• श्रीमान्: illustrious, venerable

• देवलः: Devala (name of a sage)

• सुमहातपाः: possessing very great tapas/austerity

• शाण्डिल्याः: the Śāṇḍilyas (group/line)

• नैध्रुवाः: the Naidhruvas (branch/line)

• रैभ्याः: the Raibhyas (branch/line)

• त्रयः: three

• पक्षाः: branches, divisions

• तु: indeed

• काश्यपाः: of Kāśyapa’s lineage / Kāśyapas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)