Shloka 3

Adhyāya 57 — Arjuna’s Vow-Anxiety, Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel, and the Pāśupata Authorization

Devanagari script

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता वदान्या: प्रियदर्शना: । सुभिक्षाच्छादनगृहा: सुशय्यासनभोजना:,वेदविद्याके अध्ययनका व्रत पूर्ण करके स्नातक बने हुए उदार और प्रियदर्शन पण्डितजन राजासे उत्तम अन्न, वस्त्र, गृह, सुन्दर शय्या, आसन और भोजन पाते थे

Transliteration

vedavidyāvratasnātā vadānyāḥ priyadarśanāḥ | subhikṣācchādanagṛhāḥ suśayyāsanabhojanāḥ ||

Translation

वेदविद्या के अध्ययन-व्रत को पूर्ण करके स्नातक बने हुए, उदार और प्रियदर्शन पण्डितजन राजा से उत्तम अन्न, वस्त्र, गृह, सुन्दर शय्या, आसन और भोजन पाते थे।

Word by Word

• वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताः: having bathed (i.e., graduated) after the vow of Vedic study
• वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-विद्या-व्रत-स्नात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वदान्याः: generous
• वदान्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वदान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रियदर्शनाः: pleasant-looking / of pleasing appearance
• प्रियदर्शनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुभिक्षाच्छादनगृहाः: having good food, clothing, and houses
• सुभिक्षाच्छादनगृहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-भिक्षा-आच्छादन-गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुशय्यासनभोजनाः: having good beds, seats, and food
• सुशय्यासनभोजनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शय्या-आसन-भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• the king (rājā, implied)
• Veda
• learned brāhmaṇas/scholars (paṇḍitāḥ, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic ruler sustains and honors disciplined learning: those who complete Vedic vows and live virtuously should be supported with necessities and comforts, reinforcing a social ethic where knowledge, restraint, and generosity are mutually upheld.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a situation in which Veda-trained, vow-fulfilled scholars (snātakas) are maintained by the king with abundant food, clothing, housing, and comfortable arrangements—portraying an ideal of royal patronage and orderly society.