Shloka 8

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्नृषभकूटे5 भूदूषभो नाम तापस: । अनेकशतवर्षायुस्तपस्वी कोपनो भृशम्‌

Transliteration

asminn ṛṣabhakūṭe bhūdūṣabho nāma tāpasaḥ | anekaśata-varṣāyus tapassvī kopano bhṛśam ||

Translation

లోమశుడు అన్నాడు—“ఈ ఋషభకూట శిఖరంపై భూదూషభ అనే తపస్వి నివసించేవాడు. అతని ఆయుష్షు అనేక వందల సంవత్సరాలు; తపస్సులో సమృద్ధుడైనా అతడు అత్యంత కోపశీలి.”

Word by Word

अस्मिन्in this

ऋषभकूटेon/at the Rishabha-peak

भूत्there was / existed

ऊषभःUshabha (name of a sage)

नामby name

तापसःan ascetic

अनेकशतवर्षायुःhaving a lifespan of many hundreds of years

तपस्वीausterity-practising, ascetic

कोपनःirascible

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasa

Ṛ

Ṛṣabhakūṭa

Bhūdūṣabha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse juxtaposes great tapas and longevity with intense anger, implying an ethical warning: spiritual power or austerity is incomplete without mastery over krodha (anger) and inner restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasa begins (or continues) a tale by introducing the setting—Ṛṣabhakūṭa—and the key figure, the long-lived ascetic Bhūdūṣabha, characterized as highly austere yet extremely irascible, foreshadowing a conflict or moral episode driven by anger.