Shloka 26

Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)

Devanagari script

विविक्ते पर्वततटे पाराशर्यों महातपा: । वेदानध्यापयामास व्यास: शिष्यान्‌ महामति:

Transliteration

vivikte parvata-taṭe pārāśaryo mahā-tapāḥ | vedān adhyāpayām āsa vyāsaḥ śiṣyān mahā-matiḥ ||

Translation

विविक्ते पर्वततटे पाराशर्यो महातपाः। वेदानध्यापयामास व्यासः शिष्यान् महामतिः॥

Word by Word

• विविक्ते: in a secluded (place)
• विविक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविक्त
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वततटे: on the mountainside/bank of the mountain
• पर्वततटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत-तट
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पाराशर्यः: the son of Parāśara (Vyāsa)
• पाराशर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाराशर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अध्यापयामास: taught / caused to study
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√इ (अध्यापयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिष्यान्: disciples
• शिष्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महामतिः: great-minded, very wise
• महामतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vyasa (Parashara's son)
• Vedas
• a secluded mountain slope (parvata-taṭa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma is sustained by the disciplined preservation and transmission of sacred knowledge through the guru–disciple lineage, supported by tapas and a focused, secluded setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes Vyasa, the son of Parashara, seated in a secluded mountain place and teaching the Vedas to his disciples, highlighting the traditional mode of Vedic instruction.