Shloka 8

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

नितम्भूरभुवनो धौम्य: शतानन्दो5कृतव्रण: । जामदग्न्यस्तथा राम: कचश्चेत्येवमादय:

Transliteration

nitambhūr bhuvano dhaumyaḥ śatānando 'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jāmadagnyas tathā rāmaḥ kacaś cety evam-ādayaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယန မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «(ထိုရသီတို့အနက်) နိတမ္ဘူ၊ ဘုဝန၊ ဓောမျ၊ ရှတာနန္ဒ၊ အကృతဝြဏ၊ နှင့် ဂျာမဒဂ္နျ ရာမ (ပရရှုရာမ) တို့ရှိကြ၏။ ထို့ပြင် ကချာလည်း ပါဝင်၏—အခြားများစွာနှင့်အတူ»။ အကြောင်းအရာအရ ဤကဗျာပိုဒ်သည် ဓမ္မအကြောင်း ဆွေးနွေးမှုကို သန့်ရှင်းမြတ်နိုးစေသော ဂုဏ်သရေရှိ ရသီများကို ဂုဏ်ပြု၍ စာရင်းကောက်သကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ သီလသင်ကြားမှုသည် တပဿာ၊ ပညာနှင့် ထိန်းချုပ်မှုကို အသက်ရှင်ပြသသော ရသီတို့၏ အတွေ့အကြုံပေါ်တွင် အခြေခံကြောင်း သတိပေးသည်။

Word by Word

• नितम्भूः: Nitabhu (a sage/person name)
• नितम्भूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नितम्भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवनः: Bhuvana (a sage/person name)
• भुवनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (a sage/person name)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानन्दः: Śatānanda (lit. 'having a hundred joys'; proper name)
• शतानन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अकृतव्रणः: Akṛtavraṇa (lit. 'one whose wound is not made'; proper name)
• अकृतव्रणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकृतव्रण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (descendant/son of Jamadagni; Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रामः: Rāma (here: Paraśurāma)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कचः: Kaca (a sage/person name)
• कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• आदयः: and others; beginning with these
• आदयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nitambhū
• Bhuvana
• Dhaumya
• Śatānanda
• Akṛtavraṇa
• Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Kaca

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that dharma-teaching is transmitted and validated through a lineage of exemplary ṛṣis; remembering their names signals reverence for disciplined knowledge (śruti-smṛti tradition) and the ethical authority earned by austerity, learning, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue of sages, naming several prominent figures (including Paraśurāma and Kaca) as part of a larger enumeration of revered seers connected with the discourse, thereby situating the instruction within a sanctified, traditional assembly.