Shloka 51

Devanagari script

रघुर्नरवरश्वैव तथा दशरथो नृप: । रामो राक्षसहा वीर: शशबिन्दुर्भगीरथ:

Transliteration

raghur naravaraś caiva tathā daśaratho nṛpaḥ | rāmo rākṣasahā vīraḥ śaśabindur bhagīrathaḥ ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നരശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ രഘു; രാജാ ദശരഥൻ; രാക്ഷസഹന്താവായ വീരൻ രാമൻ; ശശബിന്ദുവും ഭഗീരഥനും.

Word by Word

• रघुः: Raghu
• रघुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरवरः: best of men
• नरवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दशरथः: Dasharatha
• दशरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपः: king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसहा: slayer of demons
• राक्षसहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शशबिन्दुः: Shashabindu
• शशबिन्दुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशबिन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगीरथः: Bhagiratha
• भगीरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Raghu
• Daśaratha
• Rāma
• Rākṣasas
• Śaśabindu
• Bhagīratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and reciting the names of exemplary rulers is presented as a dharmic discipline: it inspires ethical kingship and personal virtue, and is said to generate merit by keeping one’s mind aligned with models of righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is enumerating celebrated royal seers (rājarṣis). This verse continues the list, naming Raghu, Daśaratha, Rāma (as slayer of rākṣasas), Śaśabindu, and Bhagīratha as figures worthy of remembrance.