Shloka 8

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

नितम्भूरभुवनो धौम्य: शतानन्दो5कृतव्रण: । जामदग्न्यस्तथा राम: कचश्चेत्येवमादय:

Transliteration

nitambhūr bhuvano dhaumyaḥ śatānando 'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jāmadagnyas tathā rāmaḥ kacaś cety evam-ādayaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“（在那些仙圣之中）有尼檀婆（Nitambhū）、布婆那（Bhuvana）、道弥耶（Dhaumya）、舍多难陀（Śatānanda）、阿克里塔弗拉那（Akṛtavraṇa），以及阎摩达格尼之罗摩（Jāmadagnya Rāma，即帕罗修罗摩 Paraśurāma）；又有迦遮（Kaca）——并许多其他人。”在此语境中，此颂作为对受敬仰ṛṣi的庄严名录；他们的临在与权威使关于法（dharma）的论述更为神圣，并提醒听者：伦理教诲根植于典范先知的苦行、学识与克制。

Word by Word

• नितम्भूः: Nitabhu (a sage/person name)
• नितम्भूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नितम्भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवनः: Bhuvana (a sage/person name)
• भुवनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (a sage/person name)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानन्दः: Śatānanda (lit. 'having a hundred joys'; proper name)
• शतानन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अकृतव्रणः: Akṛtavraṇa (lit. 'one whose wound is not made'; proper name)
• अकृतव्रणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकृतव्रण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (descendant/son of Jamadagni; Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• रामः: Rāma (here: Paraśurāma)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कचः: Kaca (a sage/person name)
• कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• आदयः: and others; beginning with these
• आदयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nitambhū
• Bhuvana
• Dhaumya
• Śatānanda
• Akṛtavraṇa
• Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Kaca

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that dharma-teaching is transmitted and validated through a lineage of exemplary ṛṣis; remembering their names signals reverence for disciplined knowledge (śruti-smṛti tradition) and the ethical authority earned by austerity, learning, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue of sages, naming several prominent figures (including Paraśurāma and Kaca) as part of a larger enumeration of revered seers connected with the discourse, thereby situating the instruction within a sanctified, traditional assembly.