Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं ते तपस्तप्त्वा सुदारुणम्‌ । शुश्रुवुर्मधुरां वाणी वेदवेदाड़ भूषिताम्‌,एक हजार दिव्य वर्षोतक अत्यन्त कठोर तपस्या करनेके पश्चात्‌ उन्हें वेद और वेदांगोंसे विभूषित मधुर वाणी सुनायी दी

Transliteration

divyaṁ varṣasahasraṁ te tapas taptvā sudāruṇam | śuśruvur madhurāṁ vāṇīṁ vedavedāṅgabhūṣitām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem sie tausend göttliche Jahre lang eine überaus strenge Askese geübt hatten, vernahmen sie eine süße Stimme—geschmückt mit den Veden und den Vedāṅgas—und dies bedeutete, dass disziplinierte Selbstzucht und anhaltendes Bemühen einen würdig machen, maßgebliche, dharmaweisende Unterweisung zu empfangen.

Word by Word

दिव्यम्divine

वर्षसहस्रम्a thousand years

तेto you / for you

तपःausterity, penance

तप्त्वाhaving performed (having practiced)

सुदारुणम्very severe

शुश्रुवुःthey heard

मधुराम्sweet

वाणीम्speech, voice

वेदवेदाङ्गभूषिताम्adorned with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Veda

Vedāṅga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that sustained, rigorous self-discipline (tapas) prepares a person to receive reliable, dharma-oriented knowledge; true instruction is marked by Vedic clarity and ethical authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

After undertaking extremely severe austerities for a thousand divine years, the practitioners (referred to as ‘they’) hear a sweet, authoritative voice characterized as being adorned with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas—indicating a revelatory or instructive moment following prolonged penance.