Shloka 20

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: प्रत्युवाचेदं व्यासो वेदविदां वर: । साधु सर्वमिदं भाव्यमेवमेतद्‌ यथा55तथ माम्‌

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ | sādhu sarvam idaṃ bhāvyam evam etad yathā tathā ||

Translation

如此被问及，毗耶娑——诸吠陀知者之最胜——答道：“说得好。你所言一切皆合乎情理，当作命定之事而领受；确然，事情正是如此发生的。”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• प्रत्युवाच: replied
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this (speech/statement)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदविदाम्: of the knowers of the Veda
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साधु: well; good; right
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• सर्वम्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भाव्यम्: to be / destined to be; inevitable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, यत् (future passive participle/gerundive)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथा: so; in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the ethical stance of accepting what has unfolded as inevitable (bhāvyam) while validating a sincere, dharmic assessment of events—an encouragement toward clear-eyed acceptance rather than resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

After someone has spoken (contextually, Kuntī in this episode), the narrator reports that the sage Vyāsa responds, praising the statement as correct and confirming that events have occurred according to what was destined.