Shloka 22

पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings

Devanagari script

तस्य ब्रद्यार्षिपुत्रस्य विस्मयं ययतु: परम्‌ । अहो बुद्धिसमाधान वेदाभ्यासरते द्विजे

Transliteration

tasya bradyārṣiputrasya vismayaṃ yayatuḥ param | aho buddhisamādhāna vedābhyāsarate dvije ||

Translation

Śuka sprach: „Als sie den höchsten Zustand sahen, den jener Sohn des Brahmarṣi Vyāsa erlangt hatte, wurden die beiden von größtem Staunen erfüllt. Sie sagten zueinander: ‚O! Welch außerordentliche Festigkeit und einpunktige Sammlung des Geistes besitzt dieser Zweimalgeborene, der dem Studium der Veden hingegeben ist!‘“

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ब्रद्य-आर्षि-पुत्रस्य: of the son of Bradyārṣi (a rishi named Bradyārṣi)
• ब्रद्य-आर्षि-पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रद्य-आर्षि-पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विस्मयम्: wonder, astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ययतुः: they two went/attained
• ययतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual

• परम्: supreme, highest (degree)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहो: ah!, indeed!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो

• बुद्धि-समाधानम्: fixing/steadiness of the mind (concentration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि-समाधान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वेद-अभ्यास-रते: in (one) devoted to Vedic study
• वेद-अभ्यास-रते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-अभ्यास-रत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विजे: in the brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• Vyāsa
• Vyāsa’s son (Śuka)
• two women (implied by dual verbs; likely celestial nymphs/ladies in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-spiritual ideal of disciplined learning and inner steadiness: devotion to Vedic study, supported by a composed and concentrated intellect (buddhi-samādhāna), leads to an elevated state that inspires awe even in onlookers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śuka narrates that two observers, seeing the exalted attainment of Vyāsa’s son, are astonished and remark on his remarkable one-pointed concentration and devotion to Vedic practice.