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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:

Transliteration

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

Translation

आट्यः कठस्तैत्तिरिश्च वैशम्पायनपूर्वजः । कण्वोऽथ देवहोत्रश्च एते षोडश कीर्तिताः ॥

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.