Shloka 4

Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya

Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata

Devanagari script

नमस्कृत्वा च गुरवे व्यासाय विदितात्मने । तपोयुक्ताय दान्ताय वन्द्याय परमर्षये

Transliteration

namaskṛtvā ca gurave vyāsāya viditātmane | tapoyuktāya dāntāya vandyāya paramarṣaye ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယန မိန့်ကြားသည်။ မိမိ၏ဆရာ ဗျာသ—ကိုယ်တိုင်ကိုယ်ကျ သိမြင်သူ၊ တပဿာကို အားထုတ်သူ၊ အင်ဒြိယများကို ထိန်းချုပ်သူ၊ ဂုဏ်ပြုထိုက်သူ၊ အမြင့်မြတ်သော ရှင်ရသီ—အား ဦးညွှတ်ကန်တော့ပြီးနောက်၊ သတ္တဝါများစွာ၏ အစပြုရာကို «ပုရုෂ» တစ်ပါးတည်း၌ တည်သည်ဟု မည်သို့ဆိုနိုင်သည်ကို နားလည်စေရန် «ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ အတ္တ» ဖြစ်သော ဗိශ්ဝာတ်မန် ပုရုෂ၏ သဘောတရားကို သင်တို့အား ရှင်းလင်းမည်။

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'namaskṛtvā', 'definition': 'having saluted

• having bowed in reverence'}, {'term': 'guru', 'definition': 'teacher

• spiritual preceptor'}, {'term': 'vyāsa', 'definition': 'Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana), sage and compiler of the Mahābhārata'}, {'term': 'viditātmane', 'definition': 'to one who has known the Self

• self-realized'}, {'term': 'tapo-yuktāya', 'definition': 'endowed with tapas

• devoted to austerity and disciplined practice'}, {'term': 'dāntāya', 'definition': 'to the self-controlled

• one who has subdued the senses'}, {'term': 'vandyāya', 'definition': 'worthy of veneration

• deserving homage'}, {'term': 'paramarṣaye', 'definition': 'to the supreme ṛṣi

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a metaphysical explanation: although countless beings arise, their ultimate source can be described as one Universal Person/Self. The speaker grounds this teaching in reverence for a self-realized, disciplined guru, implying that such knowledge is transmitted through ethical restraint, tapas, and right guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana begins a doctrinal exposition in the Śānti Parva by first offering salutations to his teacher Vyāsa, praising his spiritual qualifications (self-knowledge, austerity, self-control). He then announces his intent to explain how many beings can be said to originate from a single principle/person.