Shloka 3

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

Nārada said: Those learned brāhmaṇas—who had completed their vows of Vedic study and taken the ceremonial bath marking the end of studentship—were generous and pleasing in appearance. From the king they received abundant provisions: good food, clothing, houses, and also fine beds, seats, and meals. The passage highlights righteous kingship expressed through honoring learning and sustaining disciplined, virtuous scholars.

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.