Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नारायणादृषिगणास्तथा सिद्धमहोरगा:

Transliteration

nārāyaṇād ṛṣigaṇās tathā siddhamahoragāḥ

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—“నారాయణుని నుండే ఋషిగణములు పుట్టిరి; అలాగే సిద్ధులు మరియు మహోరగములు—మహాసర్పములును పుట్టిరి।”

Word by Word

• नारायणात्: from Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ऋषिगणाः: groups of sages
• ऋषिगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise; and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सिद्धमहोरगाः: Siddhas and great serpents
• सिद्धमहोरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धमहोरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Siddhas
• Mahoragas (great serpents/Nāgas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts Nārāyaṇa as the ultimate source: even revered spiritual orders—ṛṣis and siddhas—and powerful non-human beings like great nāgas are presented as originating from Him, reinforcing a theistic grounding for dharma and the cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher principles; here he enumerates exalted classes of beings to emphasize Nārāyaṇa’s supremacy and generative role in the cosmos.