Shloka 3
यथा तु तेन वै व्यस्ता वेदव्यासेन धीमता वेदास् तथा समस्तैस् तैर् व्यस्ता व्यासैस् तथा मया
yathā tu tena vai vyastā vedavyāsena dhīmatā vedās tathā samastais tair vyastā vyāsais tathā mayā
Just as the wise Vedavyāsa once set the Vedas in order, so later did all the Vyāsas in their own times—and in the same way, I as well.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Recurrent succession of Vyāsas who re-divide and re-order the Vedas in their times
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Vedic order is not a one-time event: in each age the office of Vyāsa renews the arrangement so the same revelation remains usable for beings of that time.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Value śāstra through paramparā: seek teachers who transmit the same truth with age-appropriate clarity rather than novelty.
Vishishtadvaita: Revelation’s stability across time is upheld by purposeful divine governance working through qualified persons.
FAQs
This verse highlights that Vedic organization is renewed across ages by successive Vyāsas to preserve dharma and make revelation accessible for each era’s capacity.
Parāśara grounds his narration in continuity with Vedavyāsa and the Vyāsa lineage, presenting his account as aligned with the established Vedic arrangement and tradition.
Though not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames the safeguarding of Veda and dharma—through Vyāsa succession—as part of the cosmic order ultimately upheld by Vishnu as the Supreme Reality.