Shloka 62

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

विहव्यस्य तु पुत्रस्तु वितत्यस्तस्य चात्मज: । वितत्यस्य सुतः सत्य: संतः सत्यस्य चात्मज:,विहव्यके पुत्रका नाम वितत्य था। वितत्यके पुत्र सत्य और सत्यके पुत्र सन्त हुए

Transliteration

vihavyasya tu putras tu vitatyas tasya cātmajaḥ | vitatyasya sutaḥ satyaḥ santaḥ satyasya cātmajaḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“毗诃毗耶（Vihavya）之子名毗多提耶（Vitatya）；毗多提耶之子名萨提耶（Satya）；萨提耶之子名商多（Santa）。如是按次第叙述其世系，以保存正法相承与祖先血脉绵延之记忆。”

Word by Word

• विहव्यस्य: of Vihavya
• विहव्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वितत्यः: Vitatya (name)
• वितत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वितत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• आत्मजः: son (born of oneself)
• आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वितत्यस्य: of Vitatya
• वितत्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वितत्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यः: Satya (name)
• सत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सन्तः: Santa (name)
• सन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यस्य: of Satya
• सत्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• आत्मजः: son
• आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vihavya
• Vitatya
• Satya
• Santa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of preserving lineage memory and orderly succession—an Itihāsa way of affirming social continuity and dharmic inheritance through named generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is listing a genealogical sequence: Vihavya’s son is Vitatya; Vitatya’s son is Satya; and Satya’s son is Santa.