Shloka 33

Devanagari script

महेन्द्रगुरव: सप्त प्राचीं वै दिशमाश्रिता: । प्रयत: कीर्तयेदेतान्‌ शक्रलोके महीयते

Transliteration

mahendraguravaḥ sapta prācīṃ vai diśam āśritāḥ | prayataḥ kīrtayed etān śakraloke mahīyate ||

Translation

महेन्द्रगुरवः सप्त प्राचीं वै दिशमाश्रिताः। प्रयतः कीर्तयेदेतान् शक्रलोके महीयते॥

Word by Word

• महेन्द्रगुरवः: the gurus/teachers of Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रगुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्रगुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राचीम्: the eastern (direction)
• प्राचीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रिताः: having resorted to / dwelling in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• प्रयतः: one who is pure/controlled (disciplined)
• प्रयतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-यत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (used adjectivally: disciplined/pure)

• कीर्तयेत्: should recite/praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (कृ + णिच्)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतान्: these (persons)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शक्रलोके: in the world of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored / attains greatness
• Type: Verb
• Root: महीय्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Śakra (Indra)
• sapta guravaḥ (seven sages/teachers)
• prācī diś (east)
• Śakraloka (Indra’s heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purity of mind and disciplined conduct, joined with reverent remembrance/recitation of revered sages, is presented as a dharmic practice that yields spiritual merit and exalted attainment (honor in Indra’s realm).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma by describing a group of seven revered figures associated with Indra (Mahendra) who dwell in the east, and he states the फल (result) of devoutly reciting their names: one becomes honored in Śakra’s world.