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

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Нишатха, Акрура, Самба, Ашва, Бхану, Кампана, Видурата, Бхуришрава, Шалашва и Бхуришва — владыка земли — (были среди названных)».

Word by Word

• निशठ: Nishatha (proper name)
• निशठ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अक्रूर: Akrura (proper name)
• अक्रूर: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साम्ब: Samba (proper name)
• साम्ब: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वभानुः: Ashvabhanu (proper name; lit. 'horse-rayed/horse-bright')
• अश्वभानुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वभानु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भानुः: Bhanu (proper name; also 'sun')
• भानुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कम्पः: Kampa (proper name; lit. 'tremor')
• कम्पः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदूरथः: Viduratha (proper name)
• विदूरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदूरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूरिश्रवाः: Bhurishravas (proper name; lit. 'of great fame')
• भूरिश्रवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शलः: Shala (proper name)
• शलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वः: Ashva (proper name; lit. 'horse')
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भूरिश्व: Bhurishva (proper name)
• भूरिश्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवीपतिः: king/lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Niśaṭha
• Krūra
• Sāmba
• Aśva
• Bhānu
• Kampo (Kampana)
• Vidūratha
• Bhūriśravā
• Śalaśva
• Bhūriśva (pṛthivīpati)

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.