Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एकवेदस्य चाज्ञानाद्‌ वेदास्ते बहव: कृता: । सत्त्वस्य चेह विश्रंशात्‌ सत्ये कश्चिदवस्थित:,द्वापरमें सम्पूर्ण एक वेदका भी ज्ञान न होनेसे वेदके बहुत-से विभाग कर लिये गये हैं। इस युगमें सात्त्विक बुद्धिका क्षय होनेसे कोई विरला ही सत्यमें स्थित होता है

Transliteration

ekavedasya cājñānād vedās te bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ | sattvasya ceha viśraṃśāt satye kaścid avasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Karena Veda yang satu tidak dipahami sepenuhnya, ia pun dibagi menjadi banyak Veda. Dan pada zaman ini, ketika kejernihan sattva merosot, hanya orang yang sangat jarang tetap teguh dalam kebenaran.

Word by Word

एकof one

वेदस्यof the Veda

चand

अज्ञानात्from ignorance

वेदाःVedas (as divisions)

तेthose

बहवःmany

कृताःmade, divided

सत्त्वस्यof sattva (purity/clarity)

चand

इहhere, in this (age/world)

विश्रंशात्from decline, from falling away

सत्येin truth

कश्चित्someone, a certain (rare) person

अवस्थितःis established, stands firm

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima

Veda (as a singular original and as multiple divisions)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhima links ethical decline to cognitive and spiritual decline: when clarity (sattva) diminishes, fewer people can remain steady in truth (satya). He also suggests that fragmentation of sacred knowledge can arise from incomplete understanding of an original unity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhima’s speech, he reflects on the condition of the age: knowledge that was once unified is now treated as many divisions, and moral-spiritual steadiness has weakened, making truthful living rare.