Shloka 63

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

श्येनचित्रेण राजेन्द्र सोमकेन वृकेण च | रैवते रन्तिदेवेन वसुना सृज्जयेन च

Transliteration

śyenacitreṇa rājendra somakena vṛkeṇa ca | raivate rantidevena vasunā sṛjjayena ca

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi đức vua, điều ấy đã được nêu gương bởi Śyenacitra, Somaka và Vṛka; lại bởi Raivata, Rantideva, Vasu và Sṛñjaya.”

Word by Word

• श्येनचित्रेण: by/with Śyenacitra
• श्येनचित्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येनचित्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सोमकेन: by/with Somaka
• सोमकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वृकेण: by/with Vṛka
• वृकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• रैवते: in/at (the matter of) Raivata / in Raivata
• रैवते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रन्तिदेवेन: by/with Rantideva
• रन्तिदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रन्तिदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वसुना: by/with Vasu
• वसुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सृज्जयेन: by/with Sṛjjaya
• सृज्जयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृज्जय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rājendra (addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Śyenacitra
• Somaka
• Vṛka
• Raivata
• Rantideva
• Vasu
• Sṛñjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma reinforces dharma by appealing to remembered exemplars: the right course is clarified not only by abstract rule but by precedent—figures whose lives are invoked as authoritative models of ethical conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana discourse, Bhīṣma continues instructing the king and, to support his point, lists a chain of well-known names—Śyenacitra, Somaka, Vṛka, Raivata, Rantideva, Vasu, and Sṛñjaya—signaling that the teaching is grounded in traditional examples.