Shloka 39

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

षड्ज ऋषभगान्धारौ मध्यमो धैवतस्तथा । पज्चमश्नापि विज्ञेयस्तथा चापि निषादवान्‌

Transliteration

ṣaḍja ṛṣabha-gāndhārau madhyamo dhaivatas tathā | pañcamaś cāpi vijñeyas tathā cāpi niṣādavān ||

Translation

พึงรู้สวรทั้งหลายดังนี้: ษฑชะ, ฤษภะ, คานธาระ; ต่อด้วย มัธยมะ และ ไธวตะ; และยังมี ปัญจมะ—พร้อมด้วย นิษาทะ.

Word by Word

षड्जःthe note Ṣaḍja (Sa)

ऋषभःthe note Ṛṣabha (Ri)

गान्धारःthe note Gāndhāra (Ga)

मध्यमःthe note Madhyama (Ma)

धैवतःthe note Dhaivata (Dha)

तथाand likewise

पञ्चमःthe note Pañcama (Pa)

अपिalso

विज्ञेयःis to be known / should be recognized

तथाlikewise

चand

अपिalso

निषादवान्possessing the note Niṣāda (Ni)

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Ṣ

Ṣaḍja

Ṛ

Ṛṣabha

Gāndhāra

Madhyama

Dhaivata

Pañcama

Niṣāda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the ordered recognition of the musical notes (svaras). By emphasizing correct identification and sequence, it implicitly upholds the broader ethical idea that knowledge, practice, and harmony arise from disciplined structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja is instructing—within a didactic context of the Śānti Parva—by enumerating the principal notes used in musical theory, presenting them as items to be properly known and understood.