Shloka 121

Devanagari script

शौनक: सह पुत्रेण व्यासश्न॒ तपतां वर: । दुर्वासाश्च मुनिश्रेष्ठो जाबालिश्व महातपा:

Transliteration

śaunakaḥ saha putreṇa vyāsaś ca tapatāṁ varaḥ | durvāsāś ca muniśreṣṭho jābāliś ca mahātapāḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: “Śaunaka, together with his son, and Vyāsa—the foremost among ascetics—along with Durvāsā, the best of sages, and Jābāli, a great practitioner of austerities.”

Word by Word

• शौनकः: Śaunaka
• शौनकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुत्रेण: with (his) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तपताम्: of ascetics / of those who practice austerity
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मुनिश्रेष्ठः: best of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जाबालिः: Jābāli
• जाबालिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाबालि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महातपाः: of great austerity (great ascetic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śaunaka
• Śaunaka's son
• Vyāsa
• Durvāsā
• Jābāli

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral authority of tapas and sagehood: those established in austerity and spiritual discipline are presented as exemplary figures whose presence lends weight to counsel, judgment, and dharmic guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is naming eminent ṛṣis—Śaunaka (with his son), Vyāsa, Durvāsā, and Jābāli—introducing or enumerating revered ascetics within the ongoing account in Vana Parva.