Shloka 17

सरस्वत्यै वरं प्रादात्‌ प्रीयमाणो महामुनि: । विश्वेदेवाः सपितरो गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणा:

sarasvatyai varaṃ prādāt prīyamāṇo mahāmuniḥ | viśvedevāḥ sapitaro gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: Lòng hoan hỷ, vị đại hiền đã ban một ân phúc cho Sarasvatī. Có mặt làm chứng và cùng tán dương là các Viśvedevas, các Pitṛ (linh hồn tổ tiên), cùng những đoàn thể Gandharva và Apsaras—khiến ân phúc ấy trở thành một hành vi trang nghiêm, được thần linh chứng giám, chứ không phải một ân huệ riêng tư.

सरस्वत्यैto Sarasvatī
सरस्वत्यै:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
वरम्a boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रादात्gave
प्रादात्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormAorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
प्रीयमाणःbeing pleased
प्रीयमाणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्री
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Ātmanepada (present passive/mediopassive participle), Present participle
महामुनिःthe great sage
महामुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहामुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas (all the gods)
विश्वेदेवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सपितरःtogether with the Pitṛs (manes)
सपितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम्of the Gandharvas and Apsarases
गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व + अप्सरस्
FormMasculine+Feminine (collective), Genitive, Plural
गणाःgroups, hosts
गणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
Sarasvatī
M
Mahāmuni (great sage)
V
Viśvedevas
P
Pitṛs
G
Gandharvas
A
Apsarases

Educational Q&A

A boon becomes ethically weighty and socially binding when granted in a sacred setting and in the presence of divine and ancestral witnesses; it underscores that grace (vara) is not arbitrary but aligned with cosmic and ritual order.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a great sage, pleased with Sarasvatī, grants her a boon, while various celestial and ancestral beings—Viśvedevas, Pitṛs, Gandharvas, and Apsarases—are present as an assembled host, emphasizing the solemnity and public sanction of the event.