Shloka 10

युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नः—विश्वामित्रस्य ब्राह्मणत्वकौतूहलम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry on Viśvāmitra’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रस्यथ विपुला नदी देवर्षिसेविता । कौशिकी च शिवा पुण्या ब्रद्मर्षिसुरसेविता

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | Viśvāmitrasyaiva vipulā nadī devarṣi-sevitā | Kauśikī ca śivā puṇyā brahmarṣi-sura-sevitā ||

Translation

ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແມ່ນ້ຳອັນກວ້າງໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ທີ່ມີເທວະຣິສີມາປະຄອງຮັກສາ ແທ້ຈິງແມ່ນຂອງ ວິສວາມິຕຣະ. ມັນຄື “ເກົາສິກີ” ແມ່ນ້ຳມງຄົດ ແລະ ບໍລິສຸດ ທີ່ຖືກສັກກາລະໂດຍ ພຣະຣິສີພຣະພຣະຫມາ (ພຣະຫມະຣິສີ) ແລະ ເທວະທັງຫຼາຍ. ເຂົາເວົ້າວ່າ ມັນປະກົດຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍອຳນາດຕະປະສະຍາຂອງ ວິສວາມິຕຣະ ໂດຍກົງ».

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रस्य: of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• विपुला: vast, broad
• विपुला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवर्षि-सेविता: served/attended by divine seers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (सेव् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कौशिकी: Kauśikī (name of the river)
• कौशिकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शिवा: auspicious, beneficent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्या: holy, meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मर्षि-सुर-सेविता: served by brahmarṣis and gods
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (सेव् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Viśvāmitra
• Kauśikī river
• Devarṣis
• Brahmarṣis
• Suras (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how spiritual discipline and sanctity (tapas and puṇya) are understood to shape the world: a sacred river is revered because it is connected with a great ṛṣi’s power and is honoured by seers and gods, reinforcing reverence for holy places and the ethical value of ascetic merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira identifies and praises the Kauśikī river, describing it as vast, holy, and auspicious, attended by divine and brahma seers and by the gods, and associating its manifestation and fame with the influence of the sage Viśvāmitra.