Shloka 61
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
सर्वार्थानां व्याकरणाद् वैयाकरण उच्यते । तन्मूलतो व्याकरणं व्याकरोतीति तत् तथा
sarvārthānāṁ vyākaraṇād vaiyākaraṇa ucyate | tanmūlato vyākaraṇaṁ vyākarotīti tat tathā |
Sanatsujāta said: “Because he ‘analyzes and makes manifest’ the meanings of all things, one is called a grammarian (vaiyākaraṇa). Yet, in the deepest sense, it is the primal source—Brahman itself—that truly ‘unfolds’ and reveals all meaning. The learned person, by bringing meanings to clear expression in the same way, is therefore also called a vaiyākaraṇa.”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse redefines ‘grammar’ as the power to disclose meaning: ultimately Brahman is the true revealer of all meanings, while a learned person is called a grammarian insofar as he makes meanings clear in speech and understanding.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs Dhṛtarāṣṭra on higher knowledge; here he uses the term ‘vaiyākaraṇa’ to connect linguistic analysis with metaphysical revelation, pointing beyond technical grammar to Brahman as the ground of all intelligibility.