Shloka 6

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

उनके श्रेष्ठ शिष्य हुए राजा उपरिचर वसु

Transliteration

prajāpatisutāś cātra sadasyāś nābhavaṃs trayaḥ | ekataś ca dvitāś caiva tritāś caiva maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

प्रजापतिसुताश्चात्र सदस्याश्चाभवंस्त्रयः । एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चैव महर्षयः ॥

Word by Word

• प्रजापति-सुताः: sons of Prajapati
• प्रजापति-सुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति-सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अत्र: here, in this (sacrifice/context)
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• सदस्याः: members (of the sacrificial session), assistants
• सदस्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became, were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एकतः: Ekat (proper name)
• एकतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वितः: Dvita (proper name)
• द्वितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्रितः: Trita (proper name)
• त्रितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Prajapati
• Ekata
• Dvita
• Trita
• yajña (sacrifice/ritual assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma in sacred action depends on proper procedure and qualified participants; the presence of recognized sages as sadasyas legitimizes and stabilizes the ritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma identifies three sages—Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, sons of Prajapati—as members of the sacrificial assembly in a particular yajña, situating the event within an authoritative Vedic lineage.