Shloka 55

Devanagari script

आदिराज: पृथुर्वैन्यो मित्रभानु: प्रियड्कर: । त्रसद्स्युस्तथा राजा श्वेतो राजर्षिसत्तम:

Transliteration

ādirājaḥ pṛthur vainyo mitrabhānuḥ priyāṅkaraḥ | trasadsyus tathā rājā śveto rājarṣisattamaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“（再听）诸王仙之名：原初之王普利图·外尼耶——维那之子；弥特罗婆奴——为众人所爱、施惠于众者；特罗萨德修王；以及雪多——王仙之最。”在更大的语境中，毗湿摩呈示一条受敬仰的达摩王统；忆念这些名号被视为净化其心、引人归向正行的修持。

Word by Word

• आदिराजः: the first/primeval king
• आदिराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथुः: Pṛthu
• पृथुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैन्यः: son/descendant of Vena
• वैन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मित्रभानुः: Mitrabhānu
• मित्रभानुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रभानु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रियङ्करः: one who does what is pleasing
• प्रियङ्करः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियङ्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रसद्स्युः: Trasadsyu
• त्रसद्स्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रसद्स्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्वेतः: Śveta
• श्वेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजर्षि-सत्तमः: best of royal sages
• राजर्षि-सत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षिसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pṛthu (Vainya)
• Vena
• Mitrabhānu
• Trasadsyu
• Śveta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contributes to a dharmic practice of remembering exemplary rulers (rājarṣis). Their names function as moral models: recalling them is presented as a way to cultivate reverence for righteous governance, generosity, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is enumerating celebrated king-sages. This verse names Pṛthu (son of Vena) and a few others—Mitrabhānu, Trasadsyu, and Śveta—as part of a longer catalogue whose recitation is praised.