Shloka 32

Devanagari script

जज्ञुश्वैव महात्मानस्ततस्तं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । ब्राह्मणा वेदविद्वांसस्तपोभिविमलीकृता:,उन वेदवेत्ता ब्राह्मणोंका अन्त:ःकरण तपस्यासे निर्मल हो गया था। उन महात्माओंने ज्ञानदृष्टिसे उस राक्षसको पहचान लिया

Transliteration

jajñuś caiva mahātmānas tatas taṁ jñānacakṣuṣā | brāhmaṇā vedavidvāṁsas tapobhir vimalīkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Then those great-souled Brahmins—learned in the Vedas and purified by austerity—recognized him with the eye of spiritual knowledge. Their inner clarity, refined through tapas, enabled them to discern the true nature of the being before them.

Word by Word

jajñuḥknew, recognized

evaindeed, just

mahātmānaḥgreat-souled ones, noble persons

tataḥthen, thereafter

tamhim, that one

jñāna-cakṣuṣāwith the eye of knowledge (insight)

brāhmaṇāḥBrahmins

veda-vidvāṃsaḥknowers of the Veda

tapaḥbhiḥby austerities

vimalī-kṛtāḥpurified, made spotless

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brāhmaṇas (Veda-knowers)

the being recognized (rakṣasa, per context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification through tapas and learning culminates in jñāna—an inner vision that discerns reality beyond appearances. Ethical clarity is presented as a fruit of disciplined life and Vedic wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Veda-knowing Brahmins, whose minds were purified by austerity, recognized the true identity/nature of the being before them through spiritual insight (jñānacakṣuṣ).