Verse 5·VR 1.7.5

सुयज्ञोऽप्यथ जाबालिः काश्यपोऽप्यथ गौतमः | मार्कण्डेयस्तु दीर्घायुस्तथा कात्यायनो द्विजः || १-७-५ एतैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्नित्यमृत्विजस्तस्य पौर्वकाः |

suyaj~no api atha jaabaaliH kaashaypo api atha gautamaH | maarkaNDeyaH tu diirghaayuH tathaa kaatyaayano dvijaH || 1-7-5 etaiH brahmarShibhir nityam R^itvijaH tasya paurvakaaH |

Translation

Suyajna, Jabaali, Kaashyapa, Gautama, Maarkandeya, Deerghaayu, and then Kaatyayana are the scholarly Brahmans acting as religious ministers, and along with them there are also Brahma-sages who are always the ancestral ritual scholars for Dasharatha's family. [1-7-5, 6a]

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, 6a. suyaj~naH api

Suyajna, also

atha jaabaaliH

then, \t\t\tJaabaali

kaashaypaH api

Kashyapa, also

atha gautamaH

then, \t\t\tGautama

maarkaNDeyaH tu

Maarkandeya, also

diirghaayuH tathaa

Deerghaayu, like that

kaatyaayanaH

Kaatyayana

dvijaH

Brahman

etaiH

along with them

brahmarSibhiH

Brahma-sages

nityam

always

R^itvijaH

ritual scholars

tasya paurvakaaH

his ancestral pundits.

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Estimable nature of King Dasharatha's ministers

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