Shloka 7
वेदव्यासः, चातुर्होत्रम्, ऋग्वेदशाखाः
Vyāsa’s Veda-division and Ṛgveda lineages
ब्रह्मणा चोदितो व्यासो वेदान् व्यस्तुं प्रचक्रमे अथ शिष्यान् स जग्राह चतुरो वेदपारगान्
brahmaṇā codito vyāso vedān vyastuṃ pracakrame atha śiṣyān sa jagrāha caturo vedapāragān
ब्रह्म्याच्या प्रेरणेने व्यासांनी वेदांचे संकलन व विभागणी करण्याचे महान कार्य आरंभिले. त्यानंतर वेदपारंगत असे चार शिष्य त्यांनी निवडले, जे त्या पवित्र परंपरेचे वहन करतील।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames the Veda’s organization as a divinely prompted act (by Brahmā), ensuring that sacred knowledge remains accessible and properly transmitted in changing ages.
He presents Vyāsa as selecting four fully accomplished Vedic masters, indicating an intentional guru-paramparā structure for safeguarding and disseminating śruti.
Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the Vishnu Purana’s larger theology treats cosmic governance as ultimately resting in the Supreme Lord; Brahmā’s prompting and Vyāsa’s ordering of revelation function within that divinely sustained order (dharma).