Svargarohana Parva Adhyaya 5 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Shloka 16

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

Devanagari script

निशठाक्रूरसाम्बाश्व भानुः कम्पो विदूरथ: । भूरिश्रवा: शलश्वैव भूरिश्व पृथिवीपति:

Transliteration

niśaṭhākrūrasāmbāśva bhānuḥ kampo vidūrathaḥ | bhūriśravāḥ śalaśvaiva bhūriśva pṛthivīpatiḥ ||

Translation

നിശഠ, അക്രൂര, സാമ്ബ, അശ്വ, ഭാനു, കമ്പ, വിദൂരഥ, ഭൂരിശ്രവാ, ശല, ഭൂമിപതി ഭൂരിശ്വ—ഇവരും (അവിടെ) പേരോടെ പറയപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

निशठNishatha (proper name)

अक्रूरAkrura (proper name)

साम्बSamba (proper name)

अश्वभानुःAshvabhanu (proper name; lit. 'horse-rayed/horse-bright')

भानुःBhanu (proper name; also 'sun')

कम्पःKampa (proper name; lit. 'tremor')

विदूरथःViduratha (proper name)

भूरिश्रवाःBhurishravas (proper name; lit. 'of great fame')

शलःShala (proper name)

अश्वःAshva (proper name; lit. 'horse')

एवindeed/also

भूरिश्वBhurishva (proper name)

पृथिवीपतिःking/lord of the earth

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Niśaṭha

Krūra

Sāmba

Aśva

Bhānu

Kampo (Kampana)

Vidūratha

Bhūriśravā

Śalaśva

Bhūriśva (pṛthivīpati)

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?

The verse functions as part of a roll-call of notable figures, highlighting the impermanence of status and the ethical truth that even ‘lords of the earth’ are subject to death and the consequences of karma; remembrance of names becomes a moral reflection on the cost of adharma and war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues enumerating individuals—primarily warriors and kings—within the Svargārohaṇa context, where the epic’s closing movement recalls those who perished and frames the end of the great conflict in terms of fate, merit, and final outcomes.