Shloka 22

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ते व्याससहिता: सर्व एव महर्षय: । ऋग्यजुःसामसहितैर्वचोभि: कृष्णमार्चयन्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! तदनन्तर व्याससहित सम्पूर्ण महर्षियोंने ऋक्‌, यजु तथा सामवेदके मन्त्रोंसे भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णका पूजन किया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tatas te vyāsa-sahitāḥ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ | ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-sahitair vacobhiḥ kṛṣṇam ārcayan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then all those great seers, accompanied by Vyāsa, worshipped Kṛṣṇa with utterances drawn from the Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāma Vedas.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

तेthey

व्यास-सहिताःaccompanied by Vyasa

सर्वेall

एवindeed/just

महर्षयःgreat sages

ऋक्-यजुः-साम-सहितैःaccompanied by (mantras of) Rig, Yajus and Sama

वचोभिःwith words/utterances

कृष्णम्Krishna

अर्चयन्worshipping/adoring

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vyāsa

Maharṣis (great sages)

Kṛṣṇa

Ṛ

Ṛgveda

Yajurveda

Sāmaveda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that honoring the divine through Vedic speech is a dharmic act: the highest authorities (maharṣis) affirm right order by offering reverence grounded in sacred revelation rather than personal preference.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding events, the assembled great sages—together with Vyāsa—perform worship of Kṛṣṇa, praising him with mantras and utterances associated with the three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāma).