Shloka 58
Devanagari script
हविध्रश्न पृषध्रश्न प्रतीप: शान्तनुस्तथा । अज: प्राचीनबर्हिश्व तथेक्ष्वाकुर्महायशा:
Transliteration
havidhraśnaḥ pṛṣadhraśnaḥ pratīpaḥ śāntanus tathā | ajaḥ prācīnabarhiś ca tathekṣvākur mahāyaśāḥ ||
Translation
हविध्रश्नः पृषध्रश्नः प्रतीपः शान्तनुस्तथा । अजः प्राचीनबर्हिश्च तथैक्ष्वाकुर्महायशाः ॥
Word by Word
हविध्रःHavidhra (a king's name)
हविध्रः:
TypeNoun
Rootहविध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पृषध्रःPṛṣadhra (a king's name)
पृषध्रः:
TypeNoun
Rootपृषध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतीपःPratīpa (a king's name)
प्रतीपः:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शान्तनुःŚāntanu (a king's name)
शान्तनुः:
TypeNoun
Rootशान्तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाand also/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अजःAja (a king's name)
अजः:
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राचीनबर्हिःPrācīnabarhi (a king's name; lit. 'having ancient sacred grass')
प्राचीनबर्हिः:
TypeNoun
Rootप्राचीनबर्हि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तथाand also/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इक्ष्वाकुःIkṣvāku (a king's name)
इक्ष्वाकुः:
TypeNoun
Rootइक्ष्वाकु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महायशाःof great fame
महायशाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhishma (Bhīṣma)H
HavidhraśnaP
PṛṣadhraśnaP
PratīpaŚ
ŚāntanuA
AjaP
PrācīnabarhisI
IkṣvākuCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That remembering and reciting the names of dharmic royal sages is itself a dharma-practice: it trains the mind toward righteous ideals of kingship and grants a share in the merit associated with dharmic conduct.
Bhishma continues an extended enumeration of celebrated kings/royal sages. This verse adds several names to the list, which the chapter frames as worthy of daily remembrance and recitation.