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Shloka 8

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

किमतः: पूर्वजं जन्म व्यासस्यामिततेजस: । कथयस्वोत्तममते जन्म नारायणोद्धवम्‌

kim ataḥ pūrvajaṁ janma vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ | kathayasvottamamate janma nārāyaṇoddhavam, śreṣṭha buddhivāle munīśvara |

জনমেজয় বললেন—“অমিত তেজস্বী ব্যাসের কি এর পূর্বে আরেক জন্ম ছিল? হে উত্তমমতি, বলুন—নারায়ণ থেকে ব্যাসের জন্ম কবে এবং কীভাবে হল? হে শ্রেষ্ঠ মুনি, কৃপা করে ব্যাখ্যা করুন।”

किम्what?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
अतःbefore this/earlier than this
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
पूर्वजम्former/previous-born
पूर्वजम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्वज
Formneuter, accusative, singular
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
व्यासस्यof Vyasa
व्यासस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
अमिततेजसःof (him) of immeasurable splendor
अमिततेजसः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootअमिततेजस्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
कथयस्वtell (me)
कथयस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय्
Formimperative, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada
उत्तममतेO best-minded one
उत्तममते:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootउत्तममति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
नारायणोद्भवम्arisen from Narayana
नारायणोद्भवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनारायणोद्भव
Formneuter, accusative, singular
श्रेष्ठO excellent one
श्रेष्ठ:
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootश्रेष्ठ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
बुद्धिवालिन्O intelligent one
बुद्धिवालिन्:
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootबुद्धिवालिन्
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
मुनीश्वरO lord of sages
मुनीश्वर:
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootमुनीश्वर
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

जनमेजय उवाच

J
Janamejaya
V
Vyāsa
N
Nārāyaṇa
M
munīśvara (the sage being addressed)

Educational Q&A

The verse models dhārmic inquiry: a king seeks the sacred genealogy and divine source of a revered sage, implying that understanding the origins of wisdom-teachers (ṛṣis) supports ethical orientation and faith in the transmission of dharma.

Janamejaya questions the narrator-sage about Vyāsa’s earlier existence and requests a detailed account of how and when Vyāsa’s birth is said to have arisen from Nārāyaṇa, setting up a theological and genealogical explanation within Śānti Parva.