Shloka 6

सगरोपाख्यानम् — कपिलकोपः, अंशुमतः विनयः, तथा भगीरथपरम्परा

Sagara Upākhyāna: Kapila’s Wrath, Aṃśumān’s Reverence, and the Bhāgīratha Line

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेन्द्रो धर्मराज्ञा महात्मना । कथयामास माहात्म्यं सगरस्य महात्मन:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! महात्मा धर्मराजके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर विप्रवर लोमशने महात्मा राजा सगरका माहात्म्य बतलाया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktas tu viprendro dharmarājñā mahātmanā | kathayāmāsa māhātmyaṃ sagarasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：当大心的法王如此发问时，那位最胜的婆罗门便开始讲述圣王娑伽罗的神圣伟业与崇高威德。

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

तुbut/indeed

विप्र-इन्द्रःthe best of Brahmins

धर्म-राज्ञाby Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

कथयामासnarrated / told

माहात्म्यम्greatness, glory

सगरस्यof Sagara

महात्मनःof the great-souled (king)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Lomaśa

King Sagara

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharmic learning is transmitted through respectful inquiry: a righteous king seeks guidance, and a learned brāhmaṇa responds by narrating exemplary royal history (māhātmya) to illuminate ideals of conduct and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Dharmarāja’s question, the foremost brāhmaṇa (identified in the prose as Lomaśa) begins telling the account of King Sagara’s greatness; Vaiśampāyana frames this transition for Janamejaya.