Shloka 62

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

विहव्यस्य तु पुत्रस्तु वितत्यस्तस्य चात्मज: । वितत्यस्य सुतः सत्य: संतः सत्यस्य चात्मज:,विहव्यके पुत्रका नाम वितत्य था। वितत्यके पुत्र सत्य और सत्यके पुत्र सन्त हुए

Transliteration

vihavyasya tu putras tu vitatyas tasya cātmajaḥ | vitatyasya sutaḥ satyaḥ santaḥ satyasya cātmajaḥ |

Translation

وِہویہ کا بیٹا وِتَتْیَ تھا۔ وِتَتْیَ کا بیٹا سَتْیَ، اور سَتْیَ کا بیٹا سَنت تھا۔

Word by Word

विहव्यस्यof Vihavya

तुbut/indeed

पुत्रःson

तुindeed

वितत्यःVitatya (name)

तस्यof him/of that (person)

चand

आत्मजःson (born of oneself)

वितत्यस्यof Vitatya

सुतःson

सत्यःSatya (name)

सन्तःSanta (name)

सत्यस्यof Satya

चand

आत्मजःson

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Vihavya

Vitatya

Satya

Santa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of preserving lineage memory and orderly succession—an Itihāsa way of affirming social continuity and dharmic inheritance through named generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is listing a genealogical sequence: Vihavya’s son is Vitatya; Vitatya’s son is Satya; and Satya’s son is Santa.