Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मुनयश्वैव सिद्धाश्च॒ तपोमोक्षपरायणा: । शुचिस्मिता: कीर्तयतां प्रयच्छन्ति शुभं नृूणाम्‌

Transliteration

munayaś caiva siddhāś ca tapo-mokṣa-parāyaṇāḥ | śuci-smitāḥ kīrtayatāṃ prayacchanti śubhaṃ nṝṇām ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “เหล่ามุนีและผู้สำเร็จ (สิทธะ) ผู้มุ่งมั่นในตบะและโมกษะ ผู้บริสุทธิ์และยิ้มละมุน ย่อมประทานสิริมงคลแก่ผู้คนที่สาธยายและสรรเสริญนามของท่าน”

Word by Word

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तपोमोक्षपरायणाः: devoted to austerity and liberation
• तपोमोक्षपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्+मोक्ष+परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुचिस्मिताः: with pure/bright smiles
• शुचिस्मिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि+स्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कीर्तयताम्: of those who praise/chant (their names)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तयत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रयच्छन्ति: they bestow/give
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शुभम्: good/auspiciousness (benefit)
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नॄणाम्: of men/people
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Munis (sages)
• Siddhas (perfected beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honoring and praising spiritually accomplished beings—sages and siddhas devoted to tapas and moksha—brings auspicious results, emphasizing reverence for virtue and spiritual attainment as a source of ethical uplift.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues his instruction in Anushasana Parva by describing classes of exalted beings; here he highlights munis and siddhas and states that those who recite and celebrate them receive beneficial, auspicious outcomes.