Shloka 30

Devanagari script

उषड्भु: कवषो धौम्य: परिव्याधश्च वीर्यवान्‌,एते चैव महात्मान: पश्चिमामाश्रिता दिशम्‌ | उषंगु, कवष, धौम्य, शक्तिशाली परिव्याध, एकत, द्वित, त्रित तथा अत्रिके प्रभावशाली पुत्र भगवान्‌ सारस्वत--ये महात्मा महर्षि पश्चिम दिशामें निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

Uṣaḍbhuḥ kavaṣo dhaumyaḥ parivyādhaś ca vīryavān | ete caiva mahātmānaḥ paścimām āśritā diśam ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഉഷഡ്ഭു, കവഷ, ധൗമ്യ, വീര്യവാനായ പരിവ്യാധ—ഈ മഹാത്മാക്കൾ പടിഞ്ഞാറ് ദിക്കിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു.”

Word by Word

उषड्भुःUṣaḍbhu (a sage/person)

कवषःKavaṣa (a sage/person)

धौम्यःDhaumya (a sage/person)

परिव्याधःParivyādha (a hunter-sage/person)

चand

वीर्यवान्powerful, possessed of valor

एतेthese

चand

एवindeed, just

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

पश्चिमाम्western

आश्रिताःhaving resorted to, dwelling in

दिशम्direction, quarter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Uṣaḍbhu

Kavaṣa

Dhaumya

Parivyādha

Western quarter (Paścimā diś)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld by great souls in every region; spiritual authority and ethical exemplars are not limited to a single place or social identity. By naming figures in the western quarter, Bhishma underscores the universality of virtue and the wide distribution of dharmic models.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is listing renowned virtuous persons/sages associated with different directions. Here he identifies those residing in the western quarter—Uṣaḍbhu, Kavaṣa, Dhaumya, and the mighty Parivyādha—as part of a broader catalog meant to orient the listener to a moral-spiritual landscape.