Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यवक्रीतश्च रैभ्यश्व॒ अर्वावसुपरावसू । ओऔशिजजश्चैव कक्षीवान्‌ बलश्षाड्रिरस: सुत:

Transliteration

yavakrītaś ca raibhyaś ca arvāvasu-parāvasū | auśijajaś caiva kakṣīvān balaḥ śāḍrasaḥ sutaḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະເລົ່ານາມຂອງລະສີຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່—ຢະວະກຣີຕ ແລະ ໄຣພະຍະ; ອັຣວາວະສຸ ແລະ ປະຣາວະສຸ; ກັກສີວານ ບຸດຂອງ ອຸຊິຈ; ແລະ ບະລະ ບຸດຂອງ ຊາດຣະສະ. ລະສີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຖືກຈື່ຈຳວ່າ ມີລັດສະໝີແຫ່ງພຣະພຣະຫມັນ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ຄ້ຳຈຸນລະບຽບໂລກ.»

Word by Word

• यवक्रीतः: Yavakrīta (a sage)
• यवक्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रैभ्यः: Raibhya (a sage)
• रैभ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैभ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्वावसुः: Arvāvasu (a sage)
• अर्वावसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वावसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परावसुः: Parāvasu (a sage)
• परावसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परावसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• औशिजः: Auśija (descendant/son of Uśij)
• औशिजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: औशिज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān (a sage)
• कक्षीवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलः: Bala (a sage)
• बलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षाड्रिरसः: Ṣāḍrīrasa (a sage; name as transmitted)
• षाड्रिरसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: षाड्रिरस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yavakrīta
• Raibhya
• Arvāvasu
• Parāvasu
• Uśij
• Kakṣīvān
• Bala
• Śāḍrasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical and cultural authority of ṛṣis: their spiritual discipline (brahmatejas) and exemplary lives are presented as foundations for sustaining social and cosmic order, making their names and lineages worthy of remembrance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in an instructive discourse, begins enumerating renowned sages—identifying some by patronymics—to establish a lineage of spiritual exemplars and to lend weight to the dharmic instruction being conveyed in this section.