Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अपरे मुनय: सप्त दिक्षु सर्वास्वधिष्ठिता: । कीर्तिस्वस्तिकरा नृणां कीर्तिता लोकभावना:

Transliteration

apare munayaḥ sapta dikṣu sarvāsv adhiṣṭhitāḥ | kīrtisvastikarā nṛṇāṃ kīrtitā lokabhāvanāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此外还有另外七位圣仙，安住于四方诸界。他们维系并开创世间的秩序。若诵念这些圣仙之名，便能增长人的声名，并带来安泰吉祥。”

Word by Word

• अपरे: others (some other)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिक्षु: in the directions
• दिक्षु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• सर्वासु: in all (of them)
• सर्वासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• अधिष्ठिताः: stationed / presiding
• अधिष्ठिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• कीर्तिस्वस्तिकराः: makers of fame and welfare
• कीर्तिस्वस्तिकराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्ति-स्वस्ति-कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृणाम्: of men / of humans
• नृणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कीर्तिताः: being praised / when praised
• कीर्तिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• लोकभावनाः: nourishers/creators of the world
• लोकभावनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-भावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• seven sages (additional group)
• the directions (dik)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honouring and reciting the names of revered sages is presented as a dharmic act that generates auspiciousness—enhancing one’s good reputation (kīrti) and promoting welfare (svasti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues an instruction on sacred lineages and meritorious remembrance, noting an additional set of seven sages who preside over all directions and whose invocation is said to benefit people.