Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वैशमग्पायन उवाच तस्मै शुश्रूषमाणाय भूय: शान्तनवस्तदा । दैवं वंशं यथान्यायमाचष्ट पुरुषर्षभ,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--पुरुषप्रवर जनमेजय! उस समय शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मने सुननेकी इच्छावाले युधिष्ठिरसे पुनः न्यायपूर्वक देववंशका वर्णन आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | tasmai śuśrūṣamāṇāya bhūyaḥ śāntanavas tadā | daivaṃ vaṃśaṃ yathānyāyam ācāṣṭa puruṣarṣabha ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ชนผู้ประเสริฐ จนเมชัย! ครั้นนั้น ภีษมะโอรสแห่งศานตนุ ได้เริ่มเล่าพงศาวลีแห่งทวยเทพขึ้นอีกครั้ง ตามครรลองและธรรมเนียมอันควร แก่ยุธิษฐิระผู้ใคร่สดับ”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तस्मैto him

शुश्रूषमाणायto (one) who was eager to listen/serve attentively

भूयःagain, further

शान्तनवःson of Śāntanu (Bhīṣma)

तदाthen, at that time

दैवम्divine

वंशम्lineage, dynasty

यथाas, according to

अन्यायम्injustice, improper manner

आचष्टtold, narrated

पुरुषर्षभO bull among men

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śāntanava (Bhīṣma)

Puruṣarṣabha (addressed listener, contextually Janamejaya)

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?

Sacred knowledge—especially accounts of divine lineage and tradition—should be transmitted yathā-nyāyam, i.e., with due propriety and fidelity to established norms, and it is best received by one who is śuśrūṣamāṇa, sincerely attentive and eager to learn.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that Bhīṣma (Śāntanu’s son) resumes his discourse, beginning again to describe the divine genealogy in an orderly and proper manner for the attentive listener addressed as ‘puruṣarṣabha’ (contextually, King Janamejaya).