Shloka 20

Devanagari script

वेदविद्‌ वेद भगवान्‌ वेदाड़नि बृहस्पति: । भार्गवो नीतिशास्त्रं तु जगाद जगतो हितम्‌,उस समय स्वयं भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माको वेदोंका, बृहस्पतिजीको वेदांगोंका और शुक्राचार्यको नीति-शास्त्रका ज्ञान हुआ तथा उन लोगोंने जगत्‌के हितके लिये उन सब विषयोंका उपदेश किया

Transliteration

vedavid veda bhagavān vedāṅgāni bṛhaspatiḥ | bhārgavo nītiśāstraṃ tu jagāda jagato hitam ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: El Bienaventurado Señor Brahmā, conocedor del Veda, enseñó los Vedas; Bṛhaspati enseñó los Vedāṅgas; y Bhārgava (Śukra) expuso el nītiśāstra, la ciencia del gobierno y la ética—todo ello para el bienestar del mundo.

Word by Word

• वेदविद्: knower of the Veda
• वेदविद्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेद: the Veda
• वेद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदाङ्गानि: the Vedāṅgas (auxiliary sciences of the Veda)
• वेदाङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (Śukra)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीतिशास्त्रम्: the treatise on polity/ethics
• नीतिशास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीतिशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/and (emphatic contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• जगाद: said/taught
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जगतः: of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हितम्: welfare/benefit
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• Bṛhaspati
• Bhārgava (Śukra/Śukrācārya)
• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• Nītiśāstra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That different branches of knowledge—Veda (spiritual revelation), Vedāṅgas (supporting disciplines), and nītiśāstra (ethical governance and policy)—were taught by authoritative teachers for the common good; learning is validated by its capacity to uphold dharma and promote universal welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma and governance in the Śānti Parva, he recalls how foundational bodies of knowledge were transmitted: Brahmā taught the Vedas, Bṛhaspati taught the Vedāṅgas, and Śukra (Bhārgava) taught nītiśāstra, emphasizing their intended purpose—benefit of the world.