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 ||
毗舍波耶那说：尊贵的圣仙毗耶娑——为神圣的婆罗门所敬仰，又有众多天仙圣者侍奉——在弟子环绕之中，灵威炽盛，使国王得以目睹那奇异的景象。
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.