Shloka 513

Vṛddha-kanyā-carita and Balarāma’s Kurukṣetra Inquiry (वृद्धकन्या-चरितम् / कुरुक्षेत्रफल-प्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

सारस्वतस्य विप्रषेषेवेंदस्वाध्यायकारणात्‌ । साठ हजार मुनियोंने स्वाध्यायके निमित्त ब्रह्मर्षि सारस्वतकी शिष्यता ग्रहण की थी

Transliteration

sārasvatasya vipraśeṣeva indasvādhyāya-kāraṇāt | ṣaṣṭi-sahasra-munibhiḥ svādhyāya-nimittaṁ brahmarṣi-sārasvatasya śiṣyatā gṛhītā āsīt |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Por causa do swādhyāya, o autoestudo védico, sessenta mil sábios aceitaram o discipulado sob o brahmarṣi Sārasvata, buscando instrução e a continuidade do saber sagrado.

Word by Word

• सारस्वतस्य: of (Brahmarshi) Sārasvata
• सारस्वतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विप्रर्षेः: of the brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: as/like
• इव: Upamana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वाध्यायकारणात्: because of/for the reason of Vedic study
• स्वाध्यायकारणात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय-कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: Visheshana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Visheshana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्वाध्यायनिमित्तम्: for the purpose of Vedic study
• स्वाध्यायनिमित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय-निमित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मर्षेः: of the brahmarshi
• ब्रह्मर्षेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सारस्वतस्य: of Sārasvata
• सारस्वतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शिष्यताम्: discipleship
• शिष्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्यता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गृहीतवन्तः: took/accepted
• गृहीतवन्तः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sārasvata (brahmarṣi)
• Sixty thousand munis