Shloka 20

महाभूत–इन्द्रिय–मनस्–बुद्धि–अन्तरात्मा विवेकः | Discrimination of Elements, Senses, Mind, Intellect, and Inner Self

Devanagari script

अन्ये चापरिमेयाश्ष ब्राह्म॒णा वनमश्रिता: । वैखानसा वालखिल्या: सैकताक्ष तथा परे

Transliteration

anye cāparimeyāś ca brāhmaṇā vanam āśritāḥ | vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ saikatākṣā tathā pare ||

Translation

Vyāsa dit : «Et il y avait encore d’innombrables brāhmaṇas qui avaient pris refuge dans la forêt : les Vaikhānasas, les Vālakhilyas, ainsi que les Saikatākṣas, et d’autres encore.»

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपरिमेयाः: immeasurable, countless
• अपरिमेयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरिमेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रिताः: having resorted to, dwelling in
• आश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• वैखानसाः: Vaikhānasas (a class of forest-dwelling ascetics)
• वैखानसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैखानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वालखिल्याः: Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)
• वालखिल्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सैकताक्षाः: Saikatākṣas (a class of ascetics; lit. 'sand-eyed')
• सैकताक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैकताक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• परे: others (besides)
• परे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• brāhmaṇas
• forest (vana)
• Vaikhānasa sages
• Vālakhilya sages
• Saikatākṣa sages

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of renunciant and disciplined life: many learned brāhmaṇas choose the forest as a place for austerity and spiritual practice, emphasizing dharma expressed through restraint, simplicity, and tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is listing groups of sages/ascetics residing in the forest—Vaikhānasas, Vālakhilyas, Saikatākṣas, and many others—expanding the scene to show a vast presence of forest-dwelling spiritual communities.