Shloka 4

पाण्डोः श्राद्धं, सत्यवत्याः वनगमनम्, बाल्यस्पर्धा च

Pāṇḍu’s Śrāddha, Satyavatī’s Withdrawal, and Childhood Rivalry

Devanagari script

तस्य कामात्मन: क्षेत्रे राज: संयतवागृषि: । कृष्णद्वैपायन: साक्षाद्‌ भगवान्‌ मामजीजनत्‌,उन्हीं कामासक्त नरेशकी पत्नीसे वाणीपर संयम रखनेवाले ऋषिप्रवर साक्षात्‌ भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायनने मुझे उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

tasya kāmātmanaḥ kṣetre rājaḥ saṁyatavāg ṛṣiḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ sākṣād bhagavān mām ajījanat ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— కామాసక్తుడైన ఆ రాజుని భార్య గర్భక్షేత్రంలో వాక్సంయమము గల ఋషిశ్రేష్ఠుడు, సాక్షాత్తు భగవానుడు కృష్ణద్వైపాయనుడు (వ్యాసుడు) నన్ను జన్మింపజేశాడు.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कामात्मनः: of the lust-driven (one)
• कामात्मनः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्षेत्रे: in the field; in the wife (as field)
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजः: the king
• राजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संयतवाक्: restrained in speech
• संयतवाक्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयतवाच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साक्षात्: directly; in person
• साक्षात्: Visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात्

• भगवान्: the blessed lord
• भगवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अजीजनत्: begot; generated
• अजीजनत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, —

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• the king (unnamed here)
• the king’s wife (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts a passion-driven environment (kāmātmā) with the sage’s disciplined restraint (saṁyatavāk), implying that ethical order and authoritative transmission of tradition arise through self-control and sanctity rather than through desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana identifies his own origin: he was begotten by the sage Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) within the sphere of a king characterized as desire-driven, with the broader context implying the king’s wife as the mother.