Shloka 513

Devanagari script

सारस्वतस्य विप्रषेषेवेंदस्वाध्यायकारणात्‌ । साठ हजार मुनियोंने स्वाध्यायके निमित्त ब्रह्मर्षि सारस्वतकी शिष्यता ग्रहण की थी

Transliteration

sārasvatasya vipraśeṣeva indasvādhyāya-kāraṇāt | ṣaṣṭi-sahasra-munibhiḥ svādhyāya-nimittaṁ brahmarṣi-sārasvatasya śiṣyatā gṛhītā āsīt |

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Por causa del swādhyāya, el estudio védico, sesenta mil sabios aceptaron el discipulado bajo el brahmarṣi Sārasvata, buscando instrucción y la continuidad del saber sagrado.

Word by Word

सारस्वतस्यof (Brahmarshi) Sārasvata

विप्रर्षेःof the brahmin-sage

इवas/like

इन्द्रO Indra

स्वाध्यायकारणात्because of/for the reason of Vedic study

षष्टिःsixty

सहस्राणिthousands

मुनीनाम्of sages

स्वाध्यायनिमित्तम्for the purpose of Vedic study

ब्रह्मर्षेःof the brahmarshi

सारस्वतस्यof Sārasvata

शिष्यताम्discipleship

गृहीतवन्तःtook/accepted

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sārasvata (brahmarṣi)

Sixty thousand munis

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?

That svādhyāya (disciplined Vedic study and recitation) is a dharmic duty requiring humility and proper transmission through a qualified teacher; even great sages accept discipleship to preserve and deepen sacred knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that sixty thousand sages, motivated by the need for Vedic study, became disciples of the brahmarṣi Sārasvata, indicating his authority as a teacher and the collective effort to maintain Vedic tradition.