Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 167 Shloka 23 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

वेदे चास्य विदुर्विप्रा: शतरुद्रीयमुत्तमम्‌ । व्यासेनोक्तं च यच्चापि उपस्थानं महात्मन:

Transliteration

vede cāsya vidur viprāḥ śatarudrīyam uttamam | vyāsenoktaṃ ca yac cāpi upasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Các bà-la-môn uyên thâm Veda biết về Ngài qua bản Śatarudrīya tối thượng, nơi xướng tụng vô số danh hiệu tôn quý của Ngài. Và đại hiền triết Vyāsa cũng đã truyền dạy bài tụng ca kính lễ dâng lên Đấng đại hồn ấy (Śiva).

Word by Word

वेदेin the Veda

चand

अस्यof him/this (of that one)

विदुःknow

विप्राःBrahmins

शतरुद्रीयम्the Śatarudrīya (hymn/section)

उत्तमम्excellent, supreme

व्यासेनby Vyāsa

उक्तम्said, spoken

चand

यत्which/that (what)

चalso/and

अपिalso, even

उपस्थानम्attendance; worship; hymn of praise

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Viprāḥ (Brahmins)

Veda

Śatarudrīya

Vyāsa

Śiva (Rudra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True knowledge and devotion are grounded in authoritative transmission: the Veda (Śatarudrīya) and Vyāsa’s instruction both affirm Śiva’s greatness and provide sanctioned forms of worship and praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva points to two sources that proclaim Śiva: the Vedic Śatarudrīya known by Veda-knowing Brahmins, and a specific hymn of worship taught by Vyāsa, thereby validating Śiva’s veneration through revered textual traditions.