Shloka 92
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
त॑ देवो दर्शयामास कृत्वा हयशिरो महत् | साड्नावर्तयन् वेदान् कमण्डलुत्रिदण्डधूक्ू
taṁ devo darśayāmāsa kṛtvā hayaśiro mahat | ṣaḍ-aṅgān āvartayan vedān kamaṇḍalu-tridaṇḍa-dhṛk ||
ਵਿਆਸ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਤਦ ਉਸ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਸੱਤਾ ਨੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਹਯਸ਼ਿਰ (ਹਯਗ੍ਰੀਵ) ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦਿੱਤੇ। ਕਮੰਡਲੁ ਅਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਦੰਡ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਛੇ ਵੇਦਾਂਗਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਵੇਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਆਵਰਤਨ (ਪੁਨਰਪਾਠ) ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
True authority in dharma is grounded in disciplined Vedic knowledge and ascetic self-restraint: the divine is portrayed not as mere power, but as a teacher who embodies study (Veda with Vedāṅgas) and renunciation (kamaṇḍalu, tridaṇḍa).
Vyāsa narrates a theophany: the deity manifests in the great horse-headed (Hayagrīva) form and appears before Brahmā, reciting the Vedas along with the six Vedāṅgas while holding the ascetic emblems of a water-pot and threefold staff.