Shloka 22

अष्टावक्र-प्रवेशः तथा ब्रह्मोद्य-प्रारम्भः

Aṣṭāvakra’s Entry and the Opening of the Brahmodya

Devanagari script

विचक्षणत्वं च भविष्यते नौ शिवश्न सौम्यश्न हि ब्रह्मघोष:,“वहाँ जानेसे हमलोगोंकी प्रवचनशक्ति एवं जानकारी बढ़ेगी और हमें सुमधुर स्वरमें वेद-मन्त्रोंका कल्याणकारी घोष सुननेका अवसर मिलेगा”

Transliteration

vicakṣaṇatvaṁ ca bhaviṣyate nau śivaś ca saumyaś ca hi brahmaghoṣaḥ |

Translation

“If we go there, our discernment and power of exposition will increase; and we shall have the opportunity to hear the auspicious, gentle chanting of Vedic mantras—beneficial in its very sound.”

Word by Word

• विचक्षणत्वम्: discernment, wisdom
• विचक्षणत्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचक्षणत्व (विचक्षण + त्व)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भविष्यते: will be, will arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नौ: to/for us two; of us two
• नौ: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Dual

• शिवः: auspicious, beneficial
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सौम्यः: gentle, pleasant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ब्रह्मघोषः: Vedic chant/sound (sacred recitation)
• ब्रह्मघोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa (speaker)
• Vedic mantras (brahmaghoṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Association with sacred places and Vedic recitation refines one’s discernment and speech; ethical growth is linked to listening to and living within auspicious, disciplined sound and learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa encourages the journey by describing its fruits: increased insight and eloquence for the travelers, and the chance to hear the благотворный (auspicious) Vedic chant in a gentle, pleasing tone.