Shloka 2

मარკण्डेयागमनम् तथा सत्यव्रत-उपदेशः

Arrival of Mārkaṇḍeya and Counsel on Truth-Vows

Devanagari script

ईर्यमाणेन सतत ब्रह्म॒घोषेण सर्वश: । ब्रद्मलोकसमं पुण्यमासीद्‌ द्वैतवनं सर:,सरोवरसहित द्वैततन सदा और सब ओर उच्चारित होनेवाले वेदमन्त्रोंके घोषसे ब्रह्मलोकके समान जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

īryamāṇena satataṁ brahma-ghoṣeṇa sarvaśaḥ |

brahmaloka-samaṁ puṇyam āsīd dvaitavanaṁ saraḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်—ဒွိုင်တဝနရှိ သန့်ရှင်းသော ရေကန်သည် ဘရဟ္မလောကနှင့် တူသကဲ့သို့ ပုဏ္ဏိယပြည့်ဝနေသည်ဟု ထင်ရသည်။ အကြောင်းမှာ နေရာအနှံ့၌ ဝေဒမန်တရားသံ (ဗေဒဃောသ) သည် အစဉ်မပြတ် မြည်ဟည်းနေသောကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• ईर्यमाणेन: by (the) being uttered/raised
• ईर्यमाणेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईर्यमाण (√ईर्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सतत: constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• ब्रह्मघोषेण: by the Vedic/Brahmanic chant-sound
• ब्रह्मघोषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वशः: on all sides; in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्

• ब्रह्मलोकसमम्: equal to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकसमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मलोकसम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्यम्: holy; meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• द्वैतवनम्: Dvaītavana (the forest named Dvaita)
• द्वैतवनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैतवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सरः: lake
• सरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dvaitavana
• saraḥ (lake)
• Brahmaloka
• Vedic chants (brahma-ghoṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A place becomes spiritually elevated through sustained Vedic recitation and disciplined practice; holiness is portrayed as an ethical-spiritual atmosphere created by dharmic conduct, not merely a physical location.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the Dvaitavana lake as pervaded by continuous Vedic chanting from all directions, making it seem like Brahmaloka—setting a sanctified scene associated with sages and sacred observance.