Shloka 44

वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line

Devanagari script

स्थापनाक्षेपसिद्धान्तपरमर्थज्ञतां गतै: । शब्दच्छन्दोनिरुक्तज्ै: कालज्ञानविशारदै:

Transliteration

sthāpanākṣepasiddhāntaparamārthajñatāṁ gataiḥ | śabdacchandoniruktajñaiḥ kālajñānaviśāradaiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Habían alcanzado maestría en los métodos de establecer y refutar argumentos; estaban firmemente asentados en conclusiones ya fijadas y en la verdad suprema. Eran expertos en lengua, métrica y etimología, y muy diestros en el conocimiento del tiempo. Así se dibujaba la figura de autoridades eruditas cuya disciplina intelectual sostiene el juicio recto y el consejo sensato.

Word by Word

स्थापनाक्षेपसिद्धान्तपरमर्थज्ञताम्knowledge of the ultimate purport of (the methods of) establishment, objection, and conclusion

गतैःby/with those who have attained

शब्दच्छन्दोनिरुक्तज्ञैःby those versed in grammar/words, metrics, and etymology

कालज्ञानविशारदैःby those expert in knowledge of time (astronomy/chronology)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True authority in dharma and counsel rests on disciplined learning: the ability to establish and refute arguments, clarity about settled conclusions, and competence in linguistic and interpretive sciences, guided by a sense of proper time and occasion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, characterizes a group of learned persons by listing their areas of expertise—debate methods, doctrinal certainty, ultimate meaning, grammar and metrics, etymology, and knowledge of timing—setting the scene for decisions or discussions that require qualified judgment.