Shloka 22
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
Devanagari script
उत्पन्नमात्र तं वेदा: सरहस्या: ससंग्रहा:
Transliteration
utpannamātraṁ taṁ vedāḥ sarahasyāḥ sasaṅgrahāḥ
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“自他一出生起，诸吠陀——连同其中的秘奥教义与系统汇编——便与他相系相随。”
Word by Word
उत्पन्नमात्रम्just arisen / newly born (only)
उत्पन्नमात्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्पन्नमात्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तम्him / that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वेदाःthe Vedas
वेदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सरहस्याःtogether with (their) secrets/esoteric portions
सरहस्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरहस्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ससंग्रहाःtogether with (their) compendia/collections
ससंग्रहाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंग्रह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
VedasCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes innate or immediate alignment with sacred knowledge: true excellence is portrayed as being accompanied by the Vedas not merely in their outer form, but also with their inner (rahasya) meanings and organized understanding (saṅgraha).
Bhīṣma is describing a particular ‘him’ (context-dependent in the surrounding verses) as extraordinarily endowed—so much so that, from birth itself, Vedic knowledge with its esoteric import and structured summaries is said to attend or belong to him.