Shloka 60

Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)

Devanagari script

तथैव क्षत्रियो राजन्‌ विश्वामित्रो महातपा:

Transliteration

tathaiva kṣatriyo rājan viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Cũng vậy, tâu Đại vương, Viśvāmitra—bậc đại khổ hạnh—dẫu sinh ra thuộc giai cấp kṣatriya, (vẫn đạt đến địa vị tối thượng của bậc thánh hiền).”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• क्षत्रियः: a Kshatriya (warrior/noble)
• क्षत्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विश्वामित्रः: Vishvamitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: of great austerity; great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viśvāmitra
• the King (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual excellence and dharmic stature are achievable through tapas and disciplined conduct, not limited by birth-status; Viśvāmitra is cited as a kṣatriya who attained great ascetic power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king, continues a series of illustrative examples and points to Viśvāmitra as proof that a warrior-ruler can, through severe austerities, become a great sage.