क्रतुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः शरलोमा मुनीश्वरः । वात्स्यायनो भरद्वाजो वाल्मीकिर्मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ २५ ॥
kratuḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ śaralōmā munīśvaraḥ | vātsyāyanō bharadvājō vālmīkirmunipuṅgavaḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Kratu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Śaraloman the lord of sages; Vātsyāyana, Bharadvāja, Vālmīki the bull among sages;
Word by word
- kratuḥ
- Kratu
- pulastyaḥ
- Pulastya
- pulahaḥ
- Pulaha
- śaralōmā
- Śaraloman
- munīśvaraḥ
- the lord of sages
- vātsyāyanō
- (vātsyāyanaḥ) Vātsyāyana
- bharadvājō
- (bharadvājaḥ) Bharadvāja
- vālmīkir
- (vālmīkiḥ) Vālmīki
- muni
- among sages
- puṅgavaḥ
- the bull
Meaning
More names: Kratu, Pulastya and Pulaha, three more of Brahmā's sons; Śaraloman; Vātsyāyana; Bharadvāja; and Vālmīki, the narrator of this text, who names himself among those present. It is a quiet signature: the one telling the story was there. The reader may notice the narrator's modesty: his own name comes near the end of the list.