Shloka 54

Devanagari script

कुरु: संवरणश्वैव मान्धाता सत्यविक्रम: । मुचुकुन्दश्न राजर्षिजह्लुर्जाह्नविसेवित:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | kuruḥ saṃvaraṇaś caiva māndhātā satyavikramaḥ | mucukundaś ca rājarṣiḥ jahnuḥ jāhnavī-sevitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “(Hãy tưởng niệm) Kuru, và cả Saṃvaraṇa; Māndhātā dũng mãnh không suy; bậc vương thánh Mucukunda; và Jahnu, người được sông Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) hầu cận.” Trong mạch văn, câu kệ này tiếp tục bản liệt danh các minh quân chính trực; việc nhớ đến họ được trình bày như một hành vi nâng cao đạo tâm—đưa tâm trí hòa hợp với dharma, bổn phận vương đạo và gương hạnh mẫu mực.

Word by Word

• कुरुः: Kuru (king Kuru)
• कुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवरणः: Samvaraṇa
• संवरणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवरण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• मान्धाता: Māndhātā
• मान्धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यविक्रमः: of true valor / truly valiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुचुकुन्दः: Mucukunda
• मुचुकुन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुचुकुन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जह्लुः: Jahlu (a king/royal sage)
• जह्लुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जह्लु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जाह्नविसेवितः: served/attended by the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाह्नवी-सेवित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Kuru
• Saṃvaraṇa
• Māndhātā (Māndhātṛ)
• Mucukunda
• Jahnu
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse promotes dharmic orientation through remembrance of exemplary rulers: recalling kings famed for truth, valor, and sage-like discipline is presented as a morally formative practice that inspires righteous conduct and reverence for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues enumerating celebrated royal figures within a larger passage that extols the merit of reciting or remembering the names of virtuous kings; this segment names Kuru, Saṃvaraṇa, Māndhātā, Mucukunda, and Jahnu associated with the river Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).