Shloka 10

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखास्तथैव च महर्षय: । अज्धिर:प्रमुखाश्वैव तथा देवर्षयो5परे

Transliteration

Sanatkumāra-pramukhās tathaiva ca maharṣayaḥ | Aṅgirāḥ-pramukhāś caiva tathā devarṣayo 'pare ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Các đại hiền triết do Sanatkumāra dẫn đầu, cùng những bậc đứng đầu bởi Aṅgiras, và các thiên hiền khác nữa, thường đến nơi ấy. Trong mạch văn, đoạn này gợi lên một hội tụ thiêng liêng của những bậc mẫu mực, đến chốn thánh với lòng cung kính—làm gương về sùng kính, kỷ luật và lý tưởng đạo đức: tôn vinh thần linh bằng sự thờ phụng.

Word by Word

• सनत्कुमार-प्रमुखाः: those headed by Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमार-प्रमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार + प्रमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अङ्गिराः-प्रमुखाः: those headed by Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिराः-प्रमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् + प्रमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• देवर्षयः: divine seers
• देवर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sanatkumāra
• Maharṣis
• Aṅgiras
• Devarṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and spiritual ideal of seeking the divine with humility: even the highest sages and divine seers assemble for worship, implying that reverence and disciplined devotion are universal duties, not limited by status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing how renowned sages—led by Sanatkumāra and Aṅgiras—along with other devarṣis, regularly come to that sacred place (the broader passage associates it with worship of Mahādeva/Śiva).