Shloka 51

Devanagari script

वैशग्पायन उवाच स एवमुक्त्वा भगवान्‌ व्यास: पाण्डवनन्दनम्‌ | जगाम तपसे धीमान्‌ पुनरेवाश्रमं प्रति,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! परम बुद्धिमान्‌ भगवान्‌ व्यास पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरसे ऐसा कहकर तपस्याके लिये पुनः अपने आश्रमकी ओर चले गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa evam uktvā bhagavān vyāsaḥ pāṇḍavanandanam | jagāma tapase dhīmān punar evāśramaṃ prati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus to Yudhiṣṭhira, the delight of the Pāṇḍavas, the venerable and wise Vyāsa departed once more toward his hermitage, intent on austerity.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

सःhe

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

भगवान्the venerable/lordly one

व्यासःVyāsa

पाण्डव-नन्दनम्the son/delight of the Pāṇḍavas (Yudhiṣṭhira)

जगामwent

तपसेfor austerity/penance

धीमान्wise, intelligent

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

आश्रमम्hermitage, āśrama

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Vyāsa

Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍavanandana)

Āśrama (hermitage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 highlights the ideal conduct of a ṛṣi: after offering guidance grounded in dharma, he returns to tapas and restraint. Ethical authority is shown as rooted in disciplined living, not in continued worldly entanglement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya that Vyāsa, having finished speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, departs again for his hermitage to pursue austerities.