Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शिष्टान्यड्रानि यान्यासंस्तस्याश्चस्य नराधिप

Transliteration

śiṣṭāny aḍrāṇi yāny āsaṁs tasyāś cāsya narādhipa

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó rei, as montanhas ilustres que pertenciam a ela, e também as que pertenciam a ele…”

Word by Word

• शिष्टानि: remaining; left over
• शिष्टानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अद्रान्: mountains
• अद्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• narādhipa (the king, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a narrative bridge, emphasizing how sovereignty and reputation are tied to recognized (śiṣṭa) domains—here symbolized by notable mountains—suggesting that legitimate rule is associated with acknowledged territories and inherited or established claims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and begins listing or referring to notable mountains associated with ‘her’ and ‘him’; the line is incomplete by itself and appears to continue a description of regions/possessions connected to particular persons in the surrounding verses.