Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मुनयश्वैव सिद्धाश्च॒ तपोमोक्षपरायणा: । शुचिस्मिता: कीर्तयतां प्रयच्छन्ति शुभं नृूणाम्‌

Transliteration

munayaś caiva siddhāś ca tapo-mokṣa-parāyaṇāḥ | śuci-smitāḥ kīrtayatāṃ prayacchanti śubhaṃ nṝṇām ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Các bậc hiền triết và những đấng thành tựu—chuyên tâm khổ hạnh và giải thoát—thanh tịnh, nụ cười hiền hòa, ban điều lành cát tường cho những ai tụng niệm và tán dương danh hiệu của họ.”

Word by Word

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तपोमोक्षपरायणाः: devoted to austerity and liberation
• तपोमोक्षपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्+मोक्ष+परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुचिस्मिताः: with pure/bright smiles
• शुचिस्मिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि+स्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कीर्तयताम्: of those who praise/chant (their names)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तयत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रयच्छन्ति: they bestow/give
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शुभम्: good/auspiciousness (benefit)
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नॄणाम्: of men/people
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Munis (sages)
• Siddhas (perfected beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honoring and praising spiritually accomplished beings—sages and siddhas devoted to tapas and moksha—brings auspicious results, emphasizing reverence for virtue and spiritual attainment as a source of ethical uplift.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues his instruction in Anushasana Parva by describing classes of exalted beings; here he highlights munis and siddhas and states that those who recite and celebrate them receive beneficial, auspicious outcomes.