Shloka 50

Devanagari script

त्रिलोकविश्रुतं वीर॑ भरतं च प्रकीर्तयेत्‌ । गवामयेन यज्ञेन येनेष्टं वै कृते युगे

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: trilokaviśrutaṃ vīraṃ Bharataṃ ca prakīrtayet | gavāmayena yajñena yenaiṣṭaṃ vai kṛte yuge | trilokīke vikhyātaṃ vīra Bharata-kā nāmoccāraṇaṃ kuryāt, yena satyayuge gavāmaya-yajñasya anuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtam | viśvavijayinī-tapasyā-yuktaṃ śubha-lakṣaṇa-sampannaṃ ca loka-pūjitaṃ parama-tejasvinaṃ mahārājaṃ Rantidevaṃ api kīrtayet |

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—تینوں جہانوں میں مشہور بہادر بھرت کے نام کا بھی کیرتن کرنا چاہیے؛ جس نے کِرت (ستیہ) یگ میں گَو مَیَ یَجْن کیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• त्रिलोकविश्रुतम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रिलोकविश्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिलोक-विश्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: the hero
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भरतम्: Bharata
• भरतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रकीर्तयेत्: should proclaim/celebrate
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गवामयेन: with (the) cow-product-based
• गवामयेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गवामय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यज्ञेन: by/with a sacrifice
• यज्ञेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इष्टम्: was sacrificed/worshipped (performed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• कृते: in the Kṛta (Satya) age
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharata
• Kṛta (Satya) Yuga
• gavāmaya-yajña
• Rantideva
• triloka (three worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse urges remembrance and praise of exemplary rulers whose greatness is grounded in dharmic practice—sacrifice (yajña), purity, and austerity (tapas)—suggesting that true fame arises from ethical discipline and service to cosmic order rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instruction on dharma, recommends that one recite and celebrate the names and virtues of famed kings—specifically Bharata (noted for a Kṛta-yuga sacrifice using cow-products) and the radiant King Rantideva—presenting them as models worthy of commemoration.