Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ उवाच पुत्रि कस्यैष साड्स्य वेदस्याध्ययनस्वन: । पुरा साड्स्य वेदस्य शक्तेरिव मया श्रुत:,वसिष्ठजीने पूछा--बेटी! पहले शक्तिके मुँहसे मैं अंगोंसहित वेदका जैसा पाठ सुना करता था, ठीक उसी प्रकार यह किसके द्वारा किये हुए सांग वेदके अध्ययनकी ध्वनि मेरे कानोंमें आ रही है?

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: putri kasyaiṣa sāṅgasya vedasyādhyayanasvanaḥ | purā sāṅgasya vedasya śakter iva mayā śrutaḥ ||

Translation

वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—“कन्ये! हा सांग वेदाध्ययनाचा स्वर कोणाचा आहे? पूर्वी मी शक्तीच्या मुखातून सांग वेदाचा जो पाठ ऐकत असे, तसाच हा नाद माझ्या कानांवर पडतो आहे.”

Word by Word

वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha

उवाचsaid

पुत्रिO daughter

कस्यof whom

एषःthis

साङ्गस्यof (the Veda) with its auxiliaries/limbs

वेदस्यof the Veda

अध्ययन-स्वनःsound of recitation/study

पुराformerly, earlier

साङ्गस्यof (the Veda) with its auxiliaries/limbs

वेदस्यof the Veda

शक्तेःof Śakti (name of a sage)

इवas if, like

मयाby me

श्रुतःheard

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

श

शक्ति (Śakti)

व

वेद (Veda)

व

वेदाङ्ग/अङ्ग (Vedāṅga/ancillaries, implied by sāṅga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sanctity of Vedic learning transmitted through lineage and disciplined study (sāṅga-veda). It also underscores the power of sacred sound: authentic recitation is recognizable and evokes ethical reverence for tradition and teachers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses a young woman (“daughter”) after hearing a Vedic recitation. The sound reminds him of how his son Śakti used to recite the Veda with its ancillaries, and he asks whose recitation he is hearing now.