Shloka 9

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

आट्यः कठस्तैत्तिरिश्च वैशम्पायनपूर्वज: । कण्वो<थ देवहोत्रश्न एते षोडश कीर्तिता:,इनके सिवा (तेरह सदस्य और थे, जिनके नाम इस प्रकार हैं--) धनुष, रैभ्य, अर्वावसु, परावसु, मुनिवर मेधातिथि, महर्षि ताण्ड्य, महाभाग शान्तिमुनि, वेदशिरा, शालिहोत्रके पिता ऋषिश्रेष्ठ कपिल, आद्यकठ, वैशम्पायनके बड़े भाई तैत्तिरि, कण्व और देवहोत्र। ये कुल मिलाकर सोलह सदस्य बताये गये हैं

Transliteration

āṭyaḥ kaṭhas taittiriś ca vaiśampāyana-pūrvajaḥ | kaṇvo 'tha devahotraś ca ete ṣoḍaśa kīrtitāḥ ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: “Āṭya, Kaṭha, Taittiri e o irmão mais velho de Vaiśampāyana; do mesmo modo Kaṇva e Devahotra — estes são declarados os dezesseis.”

Word by Word

आट्यःĀṭya (a sage/person named Āṭya)

कठःKaṭha (a sage/person named Kaṭha)

तैत्तिरिःTaittiri (a sage/person named Taittiri)

चand

वैशम्पायनपूर्वजःthe elder brother/ancestor of Vaiśampāyana

कण्वःKaṇva (a sage/person named Kaṇva)

अथthen/also

देवहोत्रःDevahotra (a sage/person named Devahotra)

चand

एतेthese

षोडशsixteen

कीर्तिताःare declared/are mentioned

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Āṭya

Kaṭha

Taittiri

Vaiśampāyana

Kaṇva

Devahotra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic importance of faithfully preserving and transmitting Vedic knowledge through recognized lineages; accurate remembrance and enumeration of teachers is treated as a mark of scriptural authority and ethical responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is listing specific sages/teachers to complete a set of sixteen, concluding an enumeration that situates a teaching within established Vedic traditions and their transmitters.