अगस्त्य उवाच । विष्णुशर्मेति विख्यातः पुराभूद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । वेदवेदांगतत्त्वज्ञो धर्मकर्मसमाश्रितः
agastya uvāca | viṣṇuśarmeti vikhyātaḥ purābhūdbrāhmaṇottamaḥ | vedavedāṃgatattvajño dharmakarmasamāśritaḥ
ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ವಿಷ್ಣುಶರ್ಮ’ ಎಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತನಾದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನಿದ್ದನು. ಅವನು ವೇದ-ವೇದಾಂಗಗಳ ತತ್ತ್ವಜ್ಞನು, ಧರ್ಮಕರ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರನಿಷ್ಠನು.
Agastya
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Agastya narrates the life of Viṣṇuśarman: a serene brāhmaṇa scholar with Vedic implements, seated in study and ritual discipline, embodying dharma and sacred conduct.
Purāṇic dharma honors harmony of knowledge and conduct: scriptural understanding (Veda/Vedāṅga) culminates in dharma lived through right action.
The narrative is set up within Ayodhyāmāhātmya; the saintly figure introduced will connect his tapas and devotion to Ayodhyā’s sanctity.
No explicit rite; it characterizes a dhārmic life grounded in prescribed duties.
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