Shloka 22
Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)
व्यासश्व भगवान् विप्रो देवर्षिगणसेवित: । वृतः शिष्यैर्महातेजा दर्शयामास पार्थिवम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
vyāsaś ca bhagavān vipro devarṣigaṇasevitaḥ |
vṛtaḥ śiṣyair mahātejā darśayāmāsa pārthivam ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Ang kagalang-galang na pantas na si Vyāsa—iginagalang bilang banal na Brahmin at pinaglilingkuran ng mga pangkat ng mga makalangit na rishi—na napalilibutan ng kaniyang mga alagad at nagniningas sa kapangyarihang espirituwal, ay nagpaunawa sa hari upang masilayan ang kahanga-hangang tanawing iyon.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and spiritual hierarchy in which a righteous king is guided by realized sages. Vyāsa’s presence—attended by divine seers and disciples—signals that true authority includes spiritual insight, and that ethical clarity may be revealed through the agency of enlightened teachers.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Vyāsa, accompanied by divine seers and surrounded by his disciples, uses his spiritual power to show the king something significant—an extraordinary revelation or vision that advances the episode’s unfolding events.