Shloka 3
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
वैशग्पायन उवाच जज्ञे बहुज्ञं परमत्युदारं यं द्वीपमध्ये सुतमात्मयोगात् । पराशरात् सत्यवती महर्षि तस्मै नमो5ज्ञानतमोनुदाय
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: jajñe bahujñaṃ paramātyudāraṃ yaṃ dvīpa-madhye sutam ātma-yogāt | Parāśarāt Satyavatī maharṣiṃ tasmai namo’jñāna-tamo-nudāya ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: إنّي أنحني إجلالًا للحكيم العظيم فياسا—الأسمى جودًا والأوسع علمًا—الذي ولدته ساتيافَتي ابنًا على جزيرةٍ في وسط النهر، حين اتّحدت بجسدها، بضبط النفس اليوغي، مع المنيّ باراشَرا. له، مُبدِّد ظلمة الجهل، أقدّم خالص توقيري.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models reverence for the guru and for knowledge itself: Vyāsa is praised as the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance, implying that learning and right understanding are ethical forces that guide dharma.
Vaiśampāyana offers an opening salutation to Vyāsa, recalling his extraordinary birth from Satyavatī and the sage Parāśara on a river-island, and honoring him as a supremely learned, noble sage.