Shloka 52

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

सामवेदस्तथाथर्वो वेदः सर्वार्थसाधकः शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं छन्द एव च

Transliteration

sāmavedastathātharvo vedaḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chanda eva ca

Translation

സാമവേദവും അതർവവേദവും—ഈ വേദങ്ങൾ എല്ലാ ധർമ്മാർത്ഥസിദ്ധിക്കും സഹായകമാണ്. കൂടാതെ വേദാംഗങ്ങൾ: ശിക്ഷ, കല്പ, വ്യാകരണം, നിരുക്തം, ഛന്ദസ്।

Word by Word

• सामवेदः: the Sama Veda

• तथा: and likewise

• अथर्वः वेदः: the Atharva Veda

• वेदः: the Veda (scriptural revelation)

• सर्वार्थसाधकः: accomplishing all aims/means to all sacred ends

• शिक्षा: phonetics and correct recitation

• कल्पः: ritual method and injunctions

• व्याकरणम्: grammar

• निरुक्तम्: etymology/explanation of words

• छन्दः: Vedic meter/prosody

• एव च: and indeed also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)