Shloka 7

Adhyāya 60: Devagaṇa–Ṛṣi–Prajāpatīnāṃ Sambhavaḥ

Origins of Divine Classes, Sages, and Progenitors

Devanagari script

जनमेजयस्य राजर्षे: स महात्मा सदस्तदा । विवेश सहित: शिष्यैवेंदवेदाड़पारगै:,उन महात्मा व्यासने वेद-वेदांगोंके पारंगत विद्वान शिष्योंके साथ उस समय राजर्षि जनमेजयके यज्ञमण्डपमें प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca | janamejayasya rājarṣeḥ sa mahātmā sadas tadā | viveśa sahitaḥ śiṣyair vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ ||

Translation

เศานกะกล่าวว่า “ครั้งนั้นมหาตมะวยาสะได้เข้าสู่ท้องพระโรงแห่งพิธียัญของราชฤๅษีชนเมชยะ พร้อมด้วยศิษย์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญทั้งพระเวทและเวทางคะ”

Word by Word

जनमेजयस्यof Janamejaya

राजर्षेःof the royal sage

सःhe

महात्माthe great-souled one

सदःthe assembly hall (sacrificial pavilion)

तदाthen, at that time

विवेशentered

सहितःaccompanied (together with)

शिष्यैःwith disciples

वेदthe Veda

वेदाङ्गthe Vedāṅgas (limbs of the Veda)

पारगैःwith those who had mastered (were experts in)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Janamejaya

the great-souled sage (mahātmā)

disciples (śiṣya)

sadas (assembly/ritual hall)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic relationship between royal authority and spiritual learning: a king’s great rites and decisions are ideally guided by accomplished sages and disciplined students, showing reverence for knowledge transmitted through a teacher–disciple lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka narrates that a revered sage arrives at King Janamejaya’s sacrificial assembly, entering the ritual hall together with disciples proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, setting the stage for authoritative instruction and narration within the sacrificial context.