स चापि चतुरो वेदान्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः । वेदांगैः सहितान्वृत्रः पपाठ गुरुवत्सलः
sa cāpi caturo vedānbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ | vedāṃgaiḥ sahitānvṛtraḥ papāṭha guruvatsalaḥ
E Vṛtra, permanecendo no voto de brahmacarya, estudou os quatro Vedas juntamente com os Vedāṅgas, devotado e afetuoso para com o seu mestre.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)
Scene: An āśrama classroom: Vṛtra seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, reciting; Śukra as guru presides; symbols of the four Vedas and Vedāṅgas appear as scrolls, meters, and ritual implements.
Learning is sanctified by brahmacarya and humility: knowledge becomes dharmic strength when joined to guru-devotion and disciplined conduct.
No particular tīrtha is cited in this verse; it describes the formation of the protagonist within the chapter’s māhātmya setting.
Brahmacarya-vrata (student discipline) and Vedic study (adhyayana) with Vedāṅgas.