Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इत्येते द्वादशादित्या: काश्यपेया इति श्रुति: । वेदके शतरुद्रिय प्रकरणमें महात्मा रुद्रके सैकड़ों नाम बताये गये हैं। अंश

Transliteration

ity ete dvādaśādityāḥ kāśyapeyā iti śrutiḥ |

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Như thế, đây là mười hai Āditya; truyền thống thánh khải (śruti) tuyên rằng họ là con của Kaśyapa.” Trong mạch giáo huấn này, các thần mặt trời được đặt vào gia phả thiêng liêng, nhấn mạnh rằng trật tự vũ trụ được nâng đỡ bởi những dòng dõi thần linh được thừa nhận và bởi mặc khải có thẩm quyền.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karta
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आदित्याः: Ādityas (solar deities)
• आदित्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काश्यपेयाः: descendants/sons of Kaśyapa
• काश्यपेयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काश्यपेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रुतिः: tradition/scriptural statement
• श्रुतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kaśyapa
• Ādityas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds the list of the twelve Ādityas in śruti (authoritative tradition) and frames them as Kaśyapa’s offspring, reinforcing that knowledge of divine order and classification is to be received through recognized revelation and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in his instructional discourse, concludes a statement identifying the twelve Ādityas and affirms—by appeal to śruti—that they are Kāśyapeyas (sons/descendants of Kaśyapa).