Shloka 90

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

वेदव्यासश्न योगात्मा पराशरसुतो मुनि:

Transliteration

vedavyāsaś ca yogātmā parāśarasuto muniḥ

Translation

Vāsudeva sprach: „Und Vedavyāsa — von yogischer Natur, der Weise, Sohn des Parāśara.“

Word by Word

• वेदव्यासः: Vedavyasa (the sage Vyasa, arranger of the Vedas)
• वेदव्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदव्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• योगात्मा: one whose nature is yoga; a yogic-souled one
• योगात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पराशरसुतः: son of Parashara
• पराशरसुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशरसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vedavyāsa (Vyāsa)
• Parāśara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds Vyāsa’s spiritual authority by identifying him through yogic attainment (yogātmā) and revered lineage (son of Parāśara). In ethical discourse, such identification signals that the guidance being invoked rests on disciplined realization and trustworthy tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva is referring to Vedavyāsa, describing him with honorific epithets—‘yogātmā’ and ‘Parāśara’s son’—as part of a larger passage that invokes or situates authoritative sages within the instruction of Anuśāsana (ethical governance and dharma).