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Shloka 20

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

एकततद्वितत्रिताश्नोचुस्ततश्चित्रशिखण्डिन:,तदनन्तर एकत, द्वित और त्रितने तथा चित्रशिखण्डी नामवाले ऋषियोंने उनसे कहा --“बृहस्पते! हमलोग ब्रह्माजीके मानसपुत्र कहलाते हैं। एक बार अपने कल्याणकी इच्छासे हम सबने उत्तर दिशाकी यात्रा की

Ekatad-dvita-tritāś coccus tataś citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ; tadanantaraṃ ekata-dvita-tritāś ca citraśikhaṇḍī-nāmāna ṛṣayo 'bruvan— “Bṛhaspate! vayaṃ brahmaṇaḥ mānasaputrāḥ ucyāmahe. Ekadā svakalyāṇecchayā sarve vayam uttaradiśaṃ yātrāṃ kṛtavantaḥ …”

ភីෂ្មៈបាននិយាយថា៖ បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះឥសីឈ្មោះ ឯកតៈ ទ្វិតៈ ត្រិតៈ និង ចិត្រសិខណ្ឌិន បានទូលទៅកាន់ព្រះបૃហស្បតិ៖ «ឱ ព្រះបૃហស្បតិ! ពួកយើងត្រូវបានគេស្គាល់ថាជាបុត្រកើតពីចិត្តរបស់ព្រះព្រហ្មា។ ម្តងមួយ ដោយប្រាថ្នាសេចក្តីសុខសាន្តខាងធម៌របស់ខ្លួន ពួកយើងទាំងអស់បានចេញដំណើរទៅទិសខាងជើង…»

एकःone (sage named Eka)
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्that (statement/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
द्वितःDvita (a sage)
द्वितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रितःTrita (a sage)
त्रितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आश्नोचुःthey attained / reached
आश्नोचुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (आश्नुते)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
चित्रशिखण्डिनःthe sages named Citrashikhaṇḍin (having variegated crests/plumes)
चित्रशिखण्डिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रशिखण्डिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ततःthen
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एकःEka (one, the sage)
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
द्वितःDvita
द्वितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
त्रितःTrita
त्रितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Brihaspati
B
Brahma
E
Ekata
D
Dvita
T
Trita
C
Chitrashikhandin
U
Uttara-disha (the northern direction)

Educational Q&A

The passage foregrounds the authority and responsibility of sages: those who claim a lofty spiritual lineage (as Brahmā’s mind-born sons) must pursue genuine inner welfare (kalyāṇa) through disciplined seeking. It sets an ethical tone that true status is validated by sincere spiritual striving.

Within Bhishma’s discourse, a group of sages—Ekata, Dvita, Trita, and Chitrashikhandin—begin addressing Brihaspati. They introduce themselves as Brahmā’s mind-born sons and start recounting an earlier episode in which they traveled north in search of spiritual good, leading into the next part of the story.