Shloka 23
Nāmānirukta of Nārāyaṇa (Keśava–Viṣṇu–Vāsudeva) and the Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity Theme
भीष्मजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! नारदजीकी बात सुनकर परम धर्मज्ञ व्यासजीने “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर उनकी आज्ञा स्वीकार की और हर्षमें भरकर वे वेदाभ्यासरूपी व्रतका दृढ़तापूर्वक पालन करने लगे ।।
bhīṣma uvāca— yudhiṣṭhira! nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā paramadharmajño vyāsaḥ “sādhu” iti uktvā tasyājñāṃ pratijagrāha, harṣeṇa ca samāviṣṭaḥ san vedābhyāsarūpaṃ vrataṃ dṛḍhatayā samācacāra. śukena saha putreṇa vedābhyāsam athākarot; svareṇoccaiḥ sa śaikṣyeṇa lokān āpūrayann iva.
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ! ເມື່ອໄດ້ຟັງຄໍາຂອງນາຣະດະ ວຽາສະ—ຜູ້ຮູ້ທັນທຳມະຢ່າງສູງສຸດ—ໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ “ດີຫຼາຍ” ແລະຮັບເອົາຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງນາຣະດະ. ດ້ວຍຄວາມປິຕິຍິນດີ ທ່ານໄດ້ຖືວຣະຕະແຫ່ງການຝຶກຮຽນແລະສວດທ່ອງພຣະເວດະຢ່າງເຂັ້ມງວດ. ຕໍ່ມາ ພ້ອມກັບບຸດຊາຍຊື່ ຊຸກະ ທ່ານເລີ່ມການທ່ອງຊໍ້າພຣະເວດະ; ສວດດ້ວຍສຽງດັງ ຕາມສະວະຣະແລະກົດແຫ່ງ śikṣā (ວິຊາສຽງ) ດັ່ງກັບວ່າກໍາລັງເຕີມເຕັມສາມໂລກດ້ວຍສຽງນັ້ນ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharma as disciplined learning and faithful practice: a wise person accepts sound instruction, undertakes a vow of study with steadiness, and preserves sacred knowledge through correct recitation (svara, śikṣā), showing that ethical life includes rigorous self-training and reverence for tradition.
Bhishma narrates that Narada advises Vyasa; Vyasa approves and accepts the directive, then joyfully begins a firm observance of Vedic study. He recites the Vedas together with his son Shuka, chanting aloud with proper accents, as if the sound pervades the three worlds.