Shloka 26

Devanagari script

नामथेयानि चर्षीणां याश्व वेदेषु सृष्टय:

Transliteration

nāmatheyāni carṣīṇāṃ yāśva vedeṣu sṛṣṭayaḥ

Translation

قال فياسا: «وأسماء الرِّشيّين وألقابهم، مع ضروب الخلق كما وردت في الفيدات، ينبغي أن تُفهَم في إطار ذلك التقليد المقدّس.»

Word by Word

• नामधेयानि: names, appellations
• नामधेयानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामधेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऋषीणाम्: of the sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• याः: which (are)
• याः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वेदेषु: in the Vedas
• वेदेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सृष्टयः: creations; (things) set forth/produced
• सृष्टयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Ṛṣis (seers)
• Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to the Vedas as the authoritative source for understanding the recognized names and lineages/creations associated with the ṛṣis, emphasizing fidelity to śruti (revealed tradition) when speaking about sacred origins and designations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa continues an explanatory discourse in which he references Vedic testimony—specifically, that the seers’ appellations and the accounts of ‘creations’ (sṛṣṭis) are established in the Vedas—thereby grounding the discussion in scriptural precedent.