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Shloka 49

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

यं मानसं वै प्रवदन्ति विप्रा: पितामहस्योत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम्‌ । वसिष्ठमग्य्रं च तपोनिधानं यस्यातिसूर्य व्यतिरिच्यते भा:

Vaiśampāyana uvāca — yaṁ mānasaṁ vai pravadanti viprāḥ pitāmahasyottama-buddhi-yuktam | vasiṣṭham agryaṁ ca tapo-nidhānaṁ yasyāti-sūryaṁ vyatiricyate bhāḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Các Bà-la-môn truyền rằng ngài là người con sinh từ tâm ý của Đấng Tổ Phụ (Brahmā), bậc mang trí tuệ tối thượng—Vasiṣṭha, đứng đầu các hiền triết, kho tàng của khổ hạnh, có hào quang vượt cả mặt trời. Trong dòng dõi của vị Brahmarṣi Vasiṣṭha ấy sẽ xuất hiện đại thánh hiền Parāśara, uy lực lớn lao—một kho tàng dồi dào của minh triết Veda, bậc nhất trong hàng khổ hạnh, như chính nơi cư ngụ của tapas. Khi ấy, chính Parāśara sẽ là phụ thân của ngươi.”

यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मानसम्mind-born
मानसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमानस
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
प्रवदन्तिthey declare/call
प्रवदन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वद्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
विप्राःbrahmins
विप्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितामहस्यof the Grandfather (Brahmā)
पितामहस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम्endowed with excellent intellect
उत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम-बुद्धि-युक्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वसिष्ठम्Vasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसिष्ठ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अग्र्यम्foremost
अग्र्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्र्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तपोनिधानम्treasury/store of austerity
तपोनिधानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्-निधान
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अतिसूर्यम्beyond the sun / surpassing the sun
अतिसूर्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअति-सूर्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
व्यतिरिच्यतेis exceeded / surpasses
व्यतिरिच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + अति + रिच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (bhāva-prayoga)
भाःsplendour, radiance
भाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभा (भास्/भास्-शब्दः) / भास्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
V
Viprāḥ (Brahmins)
P
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
V
Vasiṣṭha
S
Sūrya (the Sun)
P
Parāśara

Educational Q&A

Spiritual excellence is measured by inner qualities—intellect (buddhi), austerity (tapas), and Vedic wisdom—so much so that the text describes a sage’s radiance as surpassing the sun. It also emphasizes the ethical weight of lineage: one’s origins are linked to a tradition of discipline and learning, which carries responsibilities.

Vaiśampāyana is describing the exalted status of the sage Vasiṣṭha—said to be a mind-born son of Brahmā—and then foretells that in Vasiṣṭha’s lineage will arise the powerful seer Parāśara, who will become the father of the person being addressed.