भृग्वङ्गिरःपुलस्त्यादिमुनिनायकमण्डिता । च्यवनोद्दालकोशीरशरलोमादिमालिता ॥ ६ ॥
bhṛgvaṅgiraḥpulastyādimunināyakamaṇḍitā | cyavanōddālakōśīraśaralōmādimālitā || 6 ||
Translation
It was adorned with leaders of sages, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya and others, and garlanded with Cyavana, Uddālaka, Uśīra, Śaraloman and others.
Word by word
- bhṛgu
- Bhṛgu
- aṅgiraḥ
- Aṅgiras
- pulastya
- Pulastya
- ādi
- and others
- muni
- of sages
- nāyaka
- with leaders
- maṇḍitā
- it was adorned
- cyavana
- with Cyavana
- uddālaka
- Uddālaka
- uśīra
- Uśīra
- śaralōma
- Śaraloman
- mālitā
- garlanded
Meaning
The company is a garland (mālita) of the great names of the Vedic tradition: Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras, founders of lineages; Pulastya; Cyavana, Uddālaka (the teacher of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad's "you are that"), Uśīra and Śaraloman. To a hearer of the old texts each name calls up stories. The reader need not know them all to feel the weight of the list: the whole wisdom of the past is gathering to hear one young man's question answered.