Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तथा श्वेतं च राजर्षि कीर्तयेत्‌ परमद्युतिम्‌ । सगरस्यात्मजा येन प्लावितास्तारितास्तथा

Transliteration

tathā śvetaṃ ca rājarṣi kīrtayet paramadyutim | sagarasyātmajā yena plāvitās tāritās tathā ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນທໍານອງດຽວກັນ ໂອ ຣາຊະຣິສິ, ຄວນສວດລະລຶກພະຣາຊະຣິສິ ສເວຕະ (Śveta) ຜູ້ສະຫວ່າງໄສຢ່າງສູງສຸດ. ແລະຄວນສັນລະເສີນພະຣາຊະຣິສິ ພະຄີຣະຖະ (Bhagiratha) ຜູ້ມີເດຊານຸພາບຍິ່ງ—ໂດຍຜູ້ນັ້ນ ບຸດຂອງ ສະຄະຣະ (Sagara) ໄດ້ຖືກອາບນ້ໍາດ້ວຍນ້ໍາແຫ່ງ ຄັງຄາ (Gaṅgā) ແລະ ໄດ້ຮັບການປົດປ່ອຍ».

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• श्वेतम्: Śveta (name of a king/ṛṣi)
• श्वेतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• राजर्षि: O royal sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कीर्तयेत्: should praise/recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (√कीर्त्/कीर्तयति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परमद्युतिम्: of supreme splendor
• परमद्युतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सगरस्य: of Sagara
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आत्मजाः: sons
• आत्मजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्लाविताः: were flooded/immersed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्लावित (√प्लु/प्लावयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (kta)

• तारिताः: were delivered/saved
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारित (√तॄ/तारयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (kta)

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Śveta
• Sagara
• Sagara’s sons (Sagaraputras)
• Bhagiratha
• Gaṅgā (Ganges)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse commends kīrtana and smaraṇa—praising and remembering exemplary figures—especially those whose tapas and righteous action bring welfare to others, even across generations (as Bhagiratha’s act benefits Sagara’s sons).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma instructs the listener to include Śveta and Bhagiratha in recitation and remembrance. Bhagiratha is recalled for securing the Gaṅgā’s waters so that Sagara’s sons could be ritually purified and thereby ‘delivered’ from their afflicted state.