Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 29 Shloka 8 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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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

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—(ಆ ಮಹರ್ಷಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ) ನಿತಂಭೂ, ಭುವನ, ಧೌಮ್ಯ, ಶತಾನಂದ, ಅಕೃತವ್ರಣ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಜಾಮದಗ್ನ್ಯ ರಾಮ (ಪರಶುರಾಮ) ಮತ್ತು ಕಚ ಕೂಡ ಇದ್ದರು—ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕರು.

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.