Shloka 17

Devanagari script

काक्षीवानौशिजश्चनैव नाचिकेतो5थ गौतम: । पैड़यो वराह: शुनक: शाण्डिल्यश्व महातपा:

Transliteration

kākṣīvān auśijaś caiva nāciketo 'tha gautamaḥ | paiḍyo varāhaḥ śunakaḥ śāṇḍilyaś ca mahātapāḥ ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— ସେଠାରେ କାକ୍ଷୀବାନ, ଔଶିଜ, ନାଚିକେତ ଓ ଗୌତମ; ତଥା ପୈଡ୍ୟ, ବରାହ, ଶୁନକ ଏବଂ ମହାତପସ୍ବୀ ଶାଣ୍ଡିଲ୍ୟ ମଧ୍ୟ ଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• काक्षीवान्: Kakshivan (a sage)
• काक्षीवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक्षीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• औशिजः: Aushija (a sage)
• औशिजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: औशिज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• नाचिकेतः: Nachiketas
• नाचिकेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाचिकेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पैड्यः: Paidya (a person/sage)
• पैड्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैड्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वराहः: Varaha (a person/sage)
• वराहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुनकः: Shunaka
• शुनकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुनक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाण्डिल्यः: Shandilya
• शाण्डिल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महातपाः: great ascetic (of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kākṣīvān
• Auśija
• Nāciketa
• Gautama
• Paiḍya
• Varāha
• Śunaka
• Śāṇḍilya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the authority of dharma and tradition by invoking a lineage of revered sages and great ascetics (mahātapāḥ), implying that ethical and social order is grounded in the remembered exemplars of tapas, learning, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana continues a catalog-like enumeration of eminent seers and ascetics, naming several respected figures to situate the discussion within a recognized sacred and ethical tradition.