Shloka 226
Vṛddha-kanyā-carita and Balarāma’s Kurukṣetra Inquiry (वृद्धकन्या-चरितम् / कुरुक्षेत्रफल-प्रश्नः)
सारस्वतो महाभागे वेदानध्यापयिष्यति । “यह सारस्वत नामसे विख्यात महातपस्वी होगा। महाभागे! इस संसारमें बारह वर्षोतक जब वर्षा बंद हो जायगी, उस समय यह सारस्वत ही श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंको वेद पढ़ायेगा
sārasvato mahābhāge vedān adhyāpayiṣyati |
Вайшампаяна сказал: «О благородная госпожа! Великий подвижник, прославленный именем Сарасвата, будет преподавать Веды. Когда в этом мире дожди прекратятся на двенадцать лет, именно Сарасвата наставит лучших брахманов в ведическом знании.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in times of severe societal crisis (a prolonged drought), dharma is sustained by preserving and transmitting sacred knowledge; the responsibility of teaching the Vedas is portrayed as a stabilizing ethical duty.
Vaiśampāyana foretells that the ascetic Sārasvata, famed by name, will become the key teacher of the Vedas to leading Brāhmaṇas during a twelve-year period when the rains fail.