Shloka 110

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तास्तु वयं तेन वेदव्यासेन धीमता । सर्वे शिष्या: सुतश्नास्य शुक: परमधर्मवित्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktās tu vayaṃ tena vedavyāsena dhīmatā | sarve śiṣyāḥ sutaś ca asya śukaḥ paramadharmavit ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ข้าแต่ชนเมชยะ! เวทวยาสผู้ทรงปัญญายิ่ง ได้สั่งสอนเราทั้งปวงผู้เป็นศิษย์ และศุกะบุตรของท่าน ผู้รู้ธรรมอันสูงสุด ด้วยประการฉะนี้แล

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्ताः: having been addressed / told
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वेदव्यासेन: by Vedavyāsa
• वेदव्यासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदव्यास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धीमता: by the wise/intelligent one
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिष्याः: disciples
• शिष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुकम्: Śuka
• शुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमधर्मवित्: knower of the highest dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vedavyāsa (Vyāsa)
• Śuka (Śukadeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that dharma-teachings gain weight through an authentic lineage: a wise teacher (Vyāsa) instructs disciplined disciples, including Śuka who is described as a knower of the highest dharma. Ethical guidance is presented as transmitted wisdom, safeguarded by teacher-student continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, while narrating to the listener (contextually Janamejaya), states that Vyāsa gave a particular instruction to all his disciples and to his son Śuka. It functions as a narrative bridge, establishing who received the teaching and why it is authoritative.