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

通晓吠陀的博学婆罗门，凭借至上的《娑多鲁德利耶》（Śatarudrīya）而知晓他；其中宣说了他众多崇高的名号。大圣贤毗耶娑亦曾传授那献给大心之主（湿婆）的恭敬赞颂之歌。

Word by Word

• वेदे: in the Veda
• वेदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him/this (of that one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विदुः: know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतरुद्रीयम्: the Śatarudrīya (hymn/section)
• शतरुद्रीयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतरुद्रीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: which/that (what)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उपस्थानम्: attendance; worship; hymn of praise
• उपस्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Viprāḥ (Brahmins)
• Veda
• Śatarudrīya
• Vyāsa
• Śiva (Rudra)

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.