Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 4 Shloka 593 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 593

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रात्मजा: सर्वे मुनयो ब्रह्म॒वादिन: । भगवान्‌ मधुच्छन्दा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | viśvāmitrātmajāḥ sarve munayo brahmavādinaḥ | bhagavān madhucchandāḥ, śaktiśālī devarātaḥ, akṣīṇaḥ, śakuntaḥ, babhuḥ, kālapathaḥ, vikhyātaḥ yājñavalkyaḥ, mahāvratī sthūṇaḥ, ulūkaḥ, yamadūtaḥ, saindhavāyana ṛṣiḥ, bhagavān valgujaṅghaḥ, maharṣiḥ gālavaḥ, vajramuniḥ, vikhyātaḥ sālaṅkāyanaḥ, līlāḍhyaḥ, nāradaḥ, kūrcāmukhaḥ, vāduliḥ, musalaḥ, vakṣogrīvaḥ, āḍūprikaḥ, naikadṛkūḥ, śilāyūpaḥ, śitaḥ, śuciḥ, cakrakaḥ, mārutantavyaḥ, vātaghnaḥ, āśvalāyanaḥ, śyāmāyanaḥ, gārgyaḥ, jābāliḥ, suśrutaḥ, kārīṣiḥ, saṃśrutyaḥ, paraḥ, pauravaḥ, tantuḥ, maharṣiḥ kapilaḥ, munivaraḥ tāḍakāyanaḥ, upagahanaḥ, āsurāyaṇa ṛṣiḥ, mārdamarṣiḥ, hiraṇyākṣaḥ, jaṅgāriḥ, bābhravāyaṇiḥ, bhūtiḥ, vibhūtiḥ, sūtaḥ, surakṛtuḥ, arāliḥ, nācikaḥ, cāmpeyaḥ, ujjayanaḥ, navatattuḥ, bakanakhaḥ, seyanaḥ, yatiḥ, ambhoruhaḥ, cārumatsyaḥ, śirīṣī, gārdabhiḥ, ūrjayoniḥ, udāpekṣī, maharṣiḥ nāradī ca—ete sarve viśvāmitrasya putrāḥ brahmayajñādī ṛṣayaḥ āsan ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಇವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರನ ಪುತ್ರರು ಹಾಗೂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಾದಿಗಳಾದ ಮುನಿಗಳು: ಭಗವಾನ್ ಮಧುಚ್ಛಂದಾ, ಶಕ್ತಿಶಾಲಿ ದೇವರಾತ, ಅಕ್ಷೀಣ, ಶಕುಂತ, ಬಭ್ರು, ಕಾಲಪಥ, ಖ್ಯಾತ ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯ, ಮಹಾವ್ರತೀ ಸ್ಥೂಣ, ಉಲೂಕ, ಯಮದೂತ, ಸೈಂಧವಾಯನ ಋಷಿ, ಪೂಜ್ಯ ವಲ್ಗುಜಂಘ, ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ಗಾಲವ, ವಜ್ರಮುನಿ, ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಸಾಲಂಕಾಯನ, ಲೀಲಾಢ್ಯ, ನಾರದ, ಕೂರ್ಚಾಮುಖ, ವಾದುಲಿ, ಮುಸಲ, ವಕ್ಷೋಗ್ರೀವ, ಆಡೂಪ್ರಿಕ, ನೈಕದೃಕೂ, ಶಿಲಾಯೂಪ, ಶಿತ, ಶುಚಿ, ಚಕ್ರಕ, ಮಾರುತಂತವ್ಯ, ವಾತಘ್ನ, ಆಶ್ವಲಾಯನ, ಶ್ಯಾಮಾಯನ, ಗಾರ್ಗ್ಯ, ಜಾಬಾಲಿ, ಸುಶ್ರುತ, ಕಾರೀಷಿ, ಸಂಶ್ರುತ್ಯ, ಪರ, ಪೌರವ, ತಂತು, ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ಕಪಿಲ, ಮುನಿವರ ತಾಡಕಾಯನ, ಉಪಗಹನ, ಆಸುರಾಯಣ ಋಷಿ, ಮಾರ್ದಮರ್ಷಿ, ಹಿರಣ್ಯಾಕ್ಷ, ಜಂಗಾರಿ, ಬಾಭ್ರವಾಯಣಿ, ಭೂತಿ, ವಿಭೂತಿ, ಸೂತ, ಸುರಕೃತು, ಅರಾಲಿ, ನಾಚಿಕ, ಚಾಂಪೇಯ, ಉಜ್ಜಯನ, ನವತತ್ತು, ಬಕನಖ, ಸೇಯನ, ಯತಿ, ಅಂಭೋರುಹ, ಚಾರುಮತ್ಸ್ಯ, ಶಿರೀಷೀ, ಗಾರ್ದಭಿ, ಊರ್ಜಯೋನಿ, ಉದಾಪೇಕ್ಷೀ ಮತ್ತು ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ನಾರದೀ—ಇಂತೆ. ಇವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರನ ಪುತ್ರರಾದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಾದಿ ಮುನಿಗಳೇ.

Word by Word

विश्वामित्र-आत्मजाःsons of Viśvāmitra

सर्वेall

मुनयःsages

ब्रह्मवादिनःexpounders of Brahman / Vedic speakers

भगवान्venerable

मधुच्छन्दाःMadhucchandā (proper name)

शक्तिशालीpowerful

देवरातःDevarāta (proper name)

अक्षीणःAkṣīṇa / unfailing (name/epithet)

शकुन्तःŚakunta (proper name)

बभ्रुःBabhru (proper name)

कालपथःKālapatha (proper name)

विख्यातःrenowned

याज्ञवल्क्यःYājñavalkya (proper name)

महाव्रतीof great vows; great ascetic

स्थूणःSthūṇa (proper name)

उलूकःUlūka (proper name)

यमदूतःYamadūta (proper name; 'messenger of Yama')

सैन्धवायनःSaindhavāyana (proper name)

ऋषिःsage

भगवान्venerable

वल्गुजङ्घःValgujaṅgha (proper name)

महर्षिःgreat sage

गालवःGālava (proper name)

वज्रमुनिःVajramuni (proper name)

विख्यातःrenowned

सालङ्कायनःSālaṅkāyana (proper name)

लीलाढ्यःrich in playfulness/beauty (name/epithet)

नारदःNārada

कूर्चामुखःKūrcāmukha (proper name)

वादुलिःVāduli (proper name)

मुसलःMusala (proper name)

वक्षोग्रीवःVakṣogrīva (proper name)

आडूप्रिकःĀḍūprika (proper name)

नैकदृकूःNaikadṛkū (proper name)

शिलायूपःŚilāyūpa (proper name)

शितःŚita (proper name; 'sharp/white')

शुचिःŚuci (proper name; 'pure')

चक्रकःCakraka (proper name)

मारुतन्तव्यःMārutantavya (proper name)

वातघ्नःVātaghna (proper name; 'wind-destroyer')

आश्वलायनःĀśvalāyana (proper name)

श्यामायनःŚyāmāyana (proper name)

गार्ग्यःGārgya (proper name)

जाबालिःJābāli (proper name)

सुश्रुतःSuśruta (proper name)

कारीषिःKārīṣi (proper name)

संश्रुत्यःSaṃśrutya (proper name)

परःPara (proper name)

पौरवःPaurava (proper name)

तन्तुःTantu (proper name)

महर्षिःgreat sage

कपिलःKapila (proper name)

मुनिवरःbest of sages

ताडकायनःTāḍakāyana (proper name)

उपगहनःUpagahana (proper name)

आसुरायणःĀsurāyaṇa (proper name)

ऋषिःsage

मार्दमर्षिःMārdamarṣi (proper name)

हिरण्याक्षःHiraṇyākṣa (proper name; 'golden-eyed')

जङ्गारिःJaṅgāri (proper name)

बाभ्रवायणिःBābhravāyaṇi (proper name)

भूतिःBhūti (proper name; 'prosperity')

विभूतिःVibhūti (proper name; 'splendour')

सूतःSūta (proper name; also 'charioteer/bard')

सुरकृतुःSurakṛtu (proper name)

अरालिःArāli (proper name)

नाचिकःNāchika (proper name)

चाम्पेयःCāmpeya (proper name)

उज्जयनःUjjayana (proper name)

नवतत्तुःNavatattu (proper name; 'nine-...')

बकनखःBakanakha (proper name; 'crane-clawed')

सेयनःSeyana (proper name)

यतिःYati (proper name; ascetic)

अम्भोरुहःAmbhoruha (proper name; 'water-born/lotus')

चारुमत्स्यःCārumatsya (proper name)

शिरीषीŚirīṣī (proper name)

गार्दभिःGārdabhi (proper name)

ऊर्जयोनिḥŪrjayoni (proper name)

उदापेक्षीUdāpekṣī (proper name; 'indifferent')

चand

महर्षिःgreat sage

नारदीNāradi (proper name)

इतिthus

सर्वेall

विश्वामित्रस्यof Viśvāmitra

पुत्राःsons

चand

ब्रह्मयज्ञादयःthose beginning with Brahmayajña (i.e., Brahmayajña etc.)

ऋषयःsages

आसन्were

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Viśvāmitra

Madhucchandā

Devarāta

Akṣīṇa

Śakunta

Babhu

Kālapatha

Yājñavalkya

Sthūṇa

Ulūka

Yamadūta

Saindhavāyana

Valgujaṅgha

Gālava

Vajramuni

Sālaṅkāyana

Līlāḍhya

Nārada

Kūrcāmukha

Vāduli

Musala

Vakṣogrīva

Āḍūprika

Naikadṛkū

Śilāyūpa

Śita

Śuci

Cakraka

Mārutantavya

Vātaghna

Āśvalāyana

Śyāmāyana

Gārgya

Jābāli

Suśruta

Kārīṣi

Saṃśrutya

Para

Paurava

Tantu

Kapila

Tāḍakāyana

Upagahana

Āsurāyaṇa

Mārdamarṣi

Hiraṇyākṣa

Jaṅgāri

Bābhravāyaṇi

Bhūti

Vibhūti

Sūta

Surakṛtu

Arāli

Nācika

Cāmpeya

Ujjayana

Navatattu

Bakanakha

Seyana

Yati

Ambhoruha

Cārumatsya

Śirīṣī

Gārdabhi

Ūrjayoni

Udāpekṣī

Nāradī

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 verse reinforces the authority of dharma-teaching by grounding it in a venerable Vedic lineage: these are brahmavādins—recognized transmitters of sacred knowledge and disciplined vows—so their tradition carries ethical and scriptural weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is enumerating a long list of sages identified as sons of Viśvāmitra, presenting a genealogical/teacherly catalogue that situates the discussion within an authoritative rishi tradition.