Shloka 46

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

बहिंषद्धयश्न सम्प्राप्त: सामवेदान्तगं द्विजम्‌ । ज्येष्ठ नामाभिविख्यातं॑ ज्येष्ठसामव्रतो हरि:,बर्हिषद्‌ नामक ऋषियोंसे इस धर्मका उपदेश ज्येष्ठ नामसे प्रसिद्ध एक ब्राह्मणको मिला, जो सामवेदके पारंगत विद्वान थे। ज्ये'्ठतामकी उपासनाका उन्होंने व्रत ले रखा था। इसलिये वे ज्येष्ठसामव्रती हरि कहलाते थे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Barhiṣad-dhayaśnaḥ samprāptaḥ Sāmavedānta-gaṃ dvijam | Jyeṣṭha-nāmābhivikhyātaṃ Jyeṣṭha-sāma-vrato Hariḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: This teaching on dharma, originating from the sage Barhiṣad Dhayaśna, reached a twice-born Brahmin renowned by the name Jyeṣṭha. He was a master of the concluding wisdom of the Sāmaveda, and because he had undertaken the observance connected with the Jyeṣṭha-sāman, he was known as Hari, the Jyeṣṭha-sāma-vratin.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'Vaiśampāyana uvāca', 'definition': 'Vaiśampāyana said (narrator’s speech marker)'}, {'term': 'samprāptaḥ', 'definition': 'reached

• was transmitted to'}, {'term': 'Sāmavedānta-ga', 'definition': 'one who has gone to/attained the end (culmination) of the Sāmaveda

• a consummate knower of Sāmavedic learning'}, {'term': 'dvija', 'definition': 'twice-born

• a Brahmin (or member of the twice-born varṇas), here specifically a Brahmin'}, {'term': 'jyeṣṭha-nāma', 'definition': 'having the name ‘Jyeṣṭha’

• known as Jyeṣṭha'}, {'term': 'abhivikhyāta', 'definition': 'well-known

• renowned'}, {'term': 'vrata', 'definition': 'vow

• disciplined practice'}, {'term': 'Jyeṣṭha-sāma-vrata / Jyeṣṭha-sāman', 'definition': 'an observance connected with a specific Sāmavedic chant (sāman) named ‘Jyeṣṭha’'}, {'term': 'Hariḥ', 'definition': 'Hari (a personal name here

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Barhiṣad Dhayaśna
• Jyeṣṭha (Brahmin)
• Hari (Jyeṣṭha-sāma-vratin)
• Sāmaveda
• Jyeṣṭha-sāman