Shloka 2236
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
उपतस्थुर्महाराज यथास्य पितरं तथा । महाराज! शुकदेवजीके जन्म लेते ही रहस्य और संग्रहसहित सम्पूर्ण वेद उसी प्रकार उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित हो गये, जैसे वे उनके पिता वेदव्यासकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुए थे
upatasthur mahārāja yathāsya pitaraṃ tathā |
Bhīṣma said: “O great king, just as the Vedas had attended upon his father, so too did they attend upon him.” In the tradition’s telling, at Śukadeva’s very birth the entire Veda—together with its esoteric import and its ordered compendia—stood ready in his service, mirroring the reverence once shown to his father, Vyāsa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred knowledge and dharma are portrayed as naturally gravitating toward one who is spiritually perfected; Śukadeva’s innate mastery is emphasized by the image of the Vedas themselves ‘attending’ him, just as they did his father Vyāsa—highlighting the ethical ideal of disciplined lineage and realized wisdom.
Bhīṣma addresses the king and states that the Vedas attended upon Śukadeva in the same way they had attended upon his father. Traditional contextual gloss adds that this occurred from Śukadeva’s birth, indicating his extraordinary spiritual status and continuity with Vyāsa’s Vedic authority.