Shloka 22

Nāmānirukta of Nārāyaṇa (Keśava–Viṣṇu–Vāsudeva) and the Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity Theme

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच नारदस्य वच: श्रुत्वा व्यास: परमधर्मवित्‌ । तथेत्युवाच संद्ृष्टो वेदाभ्यासदृढव्रत:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā vyāsaḥ paramadharmavit | tathety uvāca saṃdṛṣṭo vedābhyāsadṛḍhavrataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：听罢那罗陀之言，最通达法的毗耶娑答道：“如是。”他誓行坚固，吠陀修习不懈，遂以明决之心允从正当的劝诫。

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नारदस्य: of Narada
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

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

• परमधर्मवित्: knower of the highest dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधर्मवित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so; thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संदृष्टः: having been seen; met (i.e., after meeting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संदृष्ट
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदाभ्यासदृढव्रतः: one whose vow is firm in Vedic study
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदाभ्यासदृढव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Narada
• Vyasa
• Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A truly dharma-knowing person listens to wise counsel and responds with steady, principled resolve; learning (Vedic discipline) is shown as inseparable from ethical firmness (dṛḍha-vrata).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma reports that Vyasa hears Narada’s statement/advice and immediately assents—“So be it”—presenting Vyasa as a sage whose decisions are grounded in dharma and sustained by Vedic practice and unwavering vows.