Shloka 43

वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line

Devanagari script

नानावाक्यसमाहारसमवायविशारदै: । विशेषकार्यविद्धिश्न मोक्षधर्मपरायणै:

Transliteration

nānāvākyasamāhārasamavāyaviśāradaiḥ | viśeṣakāryaviddhiṣṇu mokṣadharmaparāyaṇaiḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: كانوا خبراء في جمع شتّى الأقوال وتنسيقها وإحكام ائتلافها، ماهرين في تمييز ما ينبغي فعله في الأحوال الخاصة، ومُلازمين لدارما الخلاص التي تفضي إلى الموكشا.

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• वाक्य-समाहार-समवाय-विशारदैः: by those skilled in the connection/combination and aggregation of various statements
• वाक्य-समाहार-समवाय-विशारदैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक्यसमाहारसमवायविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विशेष-कार्य-विद्धिष्णु: by those adept in special tasks/operations
• विशेष-कार्य-विद्धिष्णु: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशेषकार्यविद्धिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मोक्ष-धर्म-परायणैः: by those devoted to the dharma of liberation
• मोक्ष-धर्म-परायणैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True guidance requires both breadth and integration: the ability to gather diverse teachings, reconcile them into a coherent view, and then apply them discerningly to specific duties—while keeping liberation-oriented dharma as the highest aim.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, characterizes a group being described as learned and ethically grounded—adept at interpreting many statements and deciding appropriate action in particular circumstances, with a strong orientation toward mokṣa-dharma.