Shloka 54
अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope
Devanagari script
तपसा ब्रद्म॒चर्येण व्यस्य वेदं सनातनम् । इतिहासमिमं चक्रे पुण्यं सत्यवतीसुत:,सत्यवतीनन्दन भगवान् व्यासने अपनी तपस्या एवं ब्रह्मचर्यकी शक्तिसे सनातन वेदका विस्तार करके इस लोकपावन पवित्र इतिहासका निर्माण किया है
Transliteration
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa vyasya vedaṁ sanātanam | itihāsam imaṁ cakre puṇyaṁ satyavatīsutaḥ ||
Translation
By the power of austerity and disciplined celibacy, Vyāsa systematized and expanded the eternal Veda; and he composed this sacred, world-purifying history—he, the son of Satyavatī. The verse frames the Mahābhārata not as mere story, but as an ethically charged record meant to cleanse and instruct society through dharma.
Word by Word
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
ब्रह्मचर्येणby celibacy / studentship
ब्रह्मचर्येण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचर्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
व्यास्यhaving expanded/arranged
व्यास्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + अस् (धातु) → व्यास (कृदन्त-आधार)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund) -ya, Parasmaipada (usage), having expanded/arranged
वेदम्the Veda
वेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal, ancient
सनातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इतिहासम्history, epic narrative
इतिहासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इमम्this
इमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चक्रेmade, composed
चक्रे:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
पुण्यम्holy, meritorious
पुण्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सत्यवतीसुतःson of Satyavatī (Vyāsa)
सत्यवतीसुतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यवती-सुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Characters & Entities
V
VyāsaS
SatyavatīV
VedaI
Itihāsa (Mahābhārata)Sandhi Notes