Shloka 18
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
इक्ष्वाकुर् नभगश् चैव धृष्णुः शर्यातिरेव च नरिष्यन्तश् च वै धीमान् नाभागो ऽरिष्ट एव च
Transliteration
ikṣvākur nabhagaś caiva dhṛṣṇuḥ śaryātireva ca nariṣyantaś ca vai dhīmān nābhāgo 'riṣṭa eva ca
Translation
ഇക്ഷ്വാകു, നഭഗ, ധൃഷ്ണു, ശർയാതി, ബുദ്ധിമാനായ നരിഷ്യന്ത; കൂടാതെ നാഭാഗയും അരിഷ്ടയും—ഇവർ ആ മഹത്തായ രാജവംശത്തിലെ ഭരണാധികാരികളെന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. പുരാണദർശനത്തിൽ ഇത്തരമൊരു ധർമ്മരാജൻ പതി (ശിവൻ) ഭക്തിയെ പോഷിപ്പിച്ച്, സത്കർമ്മവും പൂജയും വഴി ബന്ധിത പശുജീവൻ പാശം ശിഥിലമാക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
इक्ष्वाकुः (ikṣvākuḥ)Ikshvaku (progenitor-king)
इक्ष्वाकुः (ikṣvākuḥ):
नभगः (nabhagaḥ)Nabhaga (a royal descendant)
नभगः (nabhagaḥ):
च एव (ca eva)and indeed
च एव (ca eva):
धृष्णुः (dhṛṣṇuḥ)Dhrishnu (a king/descendant)
धृष्णुः (dhṛṣṇuḥ):
शर्यातिः (śaryātiḥ)Sharyati (a king/descendant)
शर्यातिः (śaryātiḥ):
एव च (eva ca)also
एव च (eva ca):
नरिष्यन्तः (nariṣyantaḥ)Narishyanta (a king/descendant)
नरिष्यन्तः (nariṣyantaḥ):
च वै (ca vai)and indeed
च वै (ca vai):
धीमान् (dhīmān)wise, discerning
धीमान् (dhīmān):
नाभागः (nābhāgaḥ)Nabhaga (name of a king/descendant)
नाभागः (nābhāgaḥ):
अरिष्टः (ariṣṭaḥ)Arishta (a king/descendant)
अरिष्टः (ariṣṭaḥ):
एव च (eva ca)also
एव च (eva ca):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating royal genealogy to the sages of Naimisharanya)