Shloka 49

Devanagari script

धुन्धुमारों दिलीपश्च सगरश्न प्रतापवान्‌ । कृशाश्वो यौवनाश्रश्व चित्राश्वः सत्यवांस्तथा

Transliteration

dhundhumāro dilīpaś ca sagaraś ca pratāpavān | kṛśāśvo yauvanāśvaś ca citrāśvaḥ satyavāṁs tathā ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—ధుంధుమారుడు, దిలీపుడు; ప్రతాపవంతుడు సగరుడు; కృశాశ్వుడు, యౌవనాశ్వుడు; అలాగే చిత్రాశ్వుడు, సత్యవాన్—ఇవీ రాజర్షుల నామములు.

Word by Word

• धुन्धुमारः: Dhundhumāra (a king)
• धुन्धुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुन्धुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिलीपः: Dilīpa (a king)
• दिलीपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिलीप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सगरः: Sagara (a king)
• सगरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृशाश्वः: Kṛśāśva (a king)
• कृशाश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यौवनाश्वः: Yauvanāśva (a king)
• यौवनाश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवनाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• चित्राश्वः: Citrāśva (a king)
• चित्राश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्राश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवान्: truthful; (also) Satyavān (proper name)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Dhundhumāra
• Dilīpa
• Sagara
• Kṛśāśva
• Yauvanāśva
• Citrāśva
• Satyavān

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That remembering and reciting the names of exemplary righteous kings (rājarṣis) is itself a dharmic practice: it inspires ethical kingship, reinforces reverence for dharma, and is presented as a source of religious merit (puṇya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a catalog of celebrated royal sages, naming several kings in succession. The verse functions as part of a longer litany intended for remembrance/recitation, framing these rulers as models of valor and righteousness.