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Shloka 33

Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)

एवमध्यापयन्‌ शिष्यान्‌ व्यास: पुत्र च वीर्यवान्‌ उवास हिमवत्पृष्ठे पाराशर्यो महामुनि:,इस प्रकार शक्तिशाली महामुनि पराशरनन्दन व्यास अपने शिष्यों और पुत्रको पढ़ाते हुए हिमालयके शिखरपर ही रहने लगे

evam adhyāpayan śiṣyān vyāsaḥ putraṃ ca vīryavān | uvāsa himavat-pṛṣṭhe pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ ||

قال بهيشما: «وهكذا أقام فياسا، الحكيمُ العظيمُ القويّ، المولودُ من باراشَرا، على ذُرى الهيمالايا، يعلّم تلاميذه ويعلّم كذلك ابنه».

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
अध्यापयन्teaching
अध्यापयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअध्यापय् (अधि+आपय्; causative of √इ/√अय् in sense 'to cause to learn/teach')
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
शिष्यान्disciples
शिष्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिष्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
व्यासःVyasa
व्यासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वीर्यवान्powerful, vigorous
वीर्यवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवीर्यवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवासdwelt, stayed
उवास:
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (निवासे)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हिमवत्-पृष्ठेon the back/ridge of Himavat (Himalaya)
हिमवत्-पृष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत् + पृष्ठ
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पाराशर्यःson of Parashara (Vyasa)
पाराशर्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाराशर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महामुनिःthe great sage
महामुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहामुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
V
Vyasa
P
Parashara
D
disciples (śiṣyāḥ)
S
son of Vyasa
H
Himavat (Himalaya)

Educational Q&A

The verse upholds the dharmic ideal that sacred knowledge is preserved through disciplined instruction: a capable teacher (Vyasa) trains disciples and even his own son, while living a restrained, austere life conducive to learning and spiritual focus.

Bhishma narrates that Vyasa, identified as Parashara’s son, continues teaching his students and his son, and chooses to reside on the Himalayan heights—signaling a setting of seclusion and tapas where instruction and contemplation proceed.