Shloka 140
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
सर्वे वेदविदो मुख्या नैमिषारण्यवासिन: । शौनकस्य महासत्र प्राप्ता: सर्वे द्विजोत्तमा:
sarve vedavido mukhyā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ | śaunakasyā mahāsatraṃ prāptāḥ sarve dvijottamāḥ ||
ਨੈਮਿਸ਼ਾਰਣ੍ਯ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਵੇਦ-ਵਿਦਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਗੇਵਾਨ ਸਭ ਰਿਸ਼ੀ—ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਦਵਿਜ—ਸ਼ੌਨਕ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਮਹਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ ਹਨ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the authority of dharma grounded in Vedic learning and the collective discernment of accomplished sages: major ethical and religious matters are best clarified in the presence of qualified Veda-knowers gathered in a sanctioned ritual setting.
Bhishma describes a revered scene: the foremost Vedic sages residing in the sacred forest of Naimiṣāraṇya have convened for Śaunaka’s great sacrificial session (mahāsatra), indicating a formal, authoritative assembly.