Shloka 22

Nāmānirukta of Nārāyaṇa (Keśava–Viṣṇu–Vāsudeva) and the Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity Theme

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच नारदस्य वच: श्रुत्वा व्यास: परमधर्मवित्‌ । तथेत्युवाच संद्ृष्टो वेदाभ्यासदृढव्रत:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā vyāsaḥ paramadharmavit | tathety uvāca saṃdṛṣṭo vedābhyāsadṛḍhavrataḥ ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า ครั้นได้ฟังวาจาของนารทแล้ว วยาสะผู้รู้ธรรมอย่างยิ่งก็กล่าวว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด” เขามั่นคงในพรตและแน่วแน่ในการสาธยายพระเวท จึงรับคำแนะนำอันชอบธรรมด้วยความตั้งใจอันกระจ่าง

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

नारदस्यof Narada

वचःspeech; words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

व्यासःVyasa

परमधर्मवित्knower of the highest dharma

तथाso; thus

इतिthus (quotative)

उवाचsaid

संदृष्टःhaving been seen; met (i.e., after meeting)

वेदाभ्यासदृढव्रतःone whose vow is firm in Vedic study

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Narada

Vyasa

Vedas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A truly dharma-knowing person listens to wise counsel and responds with steady, principled resolve; learning (Vedic discipline) is shown as inseparable from ethical firmness (dṛḍha-vrata).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma reports that Vyasa hears Narada’s statement/advice and immediately assents—“So be it”—presenting Vyasa as a sage whose decisions are grounded in dharma and sustained by Vedic practice and unwavering vows.