Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं ते तपस्तप्त्वा सुदारुणम्‌ । शुश्रुवुर्मधुरां वाणी वेदवेदाड़ भूषिताम्‌,एक हजार दिव्य वर्षोतक अत्यन्त कठोर तपस्या करनेके पश्चात्‌ उन्हें वेद और वेदांगोंसे विभूषित मधुर वाणी सुनायी दी

Transliteration

divyaṁ varṣasahasraṁ te tapas taptvā sudāruṇam | śuśruvur madhurāṁ vāṇīṁ vedavedāṅgabhūṣitām ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Después de haber practicado una austeridad sumamente severa durante mil años divinos, oyeron una voz dulce—adornada con los Vedas y los Vedāṅgas—que daba a entender que la continencia disciplinada y el esfuerzo sostenido hacen a uno digno de recibir una enseñanza autorizada que guía el dharma.

Word by Word

दिव्यम्divine

वर्षसहस्रम्a thousand years

तेto you / for you

तपःausterity, penance

तप्त्वाhaving performed (having practiced)

सुदारुणम्very severe

शुश्रुवुःthey heard

मधुराम्sweet

वाणीम्speech, voice

वेदवेदाङ्गभूषिताम्adorned with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Veda

Vedāṅga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that sustained, rigorous self-discipline (tapas) prepares a person to receive reliable, dharma-oriented knowledge; true instruction is marked by Vedic clarity and ethical authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

After undertaking extremely severe austerities for a thousand divine years, the practitioners (referred to as ‘they’) hear a sweet, authoritative voice characterized as being adorned with the Vedas and Vedāṅgas—indicating a revelatory or instructive moment following prolonged penance.