Shloka 60

Devanagari script

भूगो: पञजचशिखस्यास्यथ कपिलस्य शुकस्य च । गौतमस्यार्डिषेणस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मन:

Transliteration

Bhṛgoḥ pañcaśikhasyāsyatha kapilasya śukasya ca | Gautamasyārdiṣeṇasya gargasya ca mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Yājñavalkya berkata: “(Ajaran ini) berada dalam susur galur dan tradisi Bhṛgu, Pañcaśikha, demikian juga Kapila dan Śuka; serta Gautama, Ārdiṣeṇa, dan Garga yang berjiwa agung.”

Word by Word

भूगःof Bhūga

पञ्चशिखस्यof Pañcaśikha (five-crested one; proper name)

अस्यof this (one)

अथand/then

कपिलस्यof Kapila

शुकस्यof Śuka

चand

गौतमस्यof Gautama

आर्दिषेणस्यof Ārdiṣeṇa

गर्गस्यof Garga

चand

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yājñavalkya

Bhṛgu

Pañcaśikha

Kapila

Śuka

Gautama

Ārdiṣeṇa

Garga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds the instruction in an authoritative ṛṣi-lineage, implying that ethical and philosophical guidance gains weight when it is consistent with the tested insights of realized sages and established śāstric tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yājñavalkya cites a succession of revered sages—Bhṛgu, Pañcaśikha, Kapila, Śuka, Gautama, Ārdiṣeṇa, and Garga—to indicate that the doctrine being discussed is not novel speculation but part of a recognized stream of transmitted wisdom.