Shloka 3
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
राजन! बृहत, ब्रह्म और महत--ये तीनों शब्द एक अर्थके वाचक हैं। इन तीनों शब्दोंके गुण देवपुरोहितमें मौजूद थे; इसलिये वे विद्वान देवगुरु “बृहस्पति” कहलाते थे ।।
rājan! bṛhat, brahma ca mahat—ete trayaḥ śabdā ekārthavācakāḥ. eteṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ śabdānāṃ guṇā devapurohite vidyamānā āsan; tasmāt sa vidvān devaguruḥ “bṛhaspati” iti khyātaḥ. tasya śiṣyo babhūvāgryo rājoparicaro vasuḥ. adhītatavān tadā śāstraṃ samyak citraśikhaṇḍijam.
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，bṛhat、brahman 与 mahat——这三词同指一义：‘伟大’。诸天之祭司具足此等德相，因此那位博学的天师被称为‘布里哈斯帕提’。他最杰出的弟子，是以‘优波利遮罗’闻名的婆苏王。当时，婆苏已正确通达名为《奇特罗施迦旃提因》的论典。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage links language and virtue: multiple revered terms (bṛhat, brahma, mahat) converge on the idea of ‘greatness,’ and a teacher’s name (Bṛhaspati) is presented as grounded in the qualities he embodies—implying that true honorifics should reflect inner excellence and learning.
Bhishma explains why the gods’ preceptor is called Bṛhaspati and then introduces Bṛhaspati’s foremost disciple, King Uparicara Vasu, noting that Vasu had thoroughly studied a treatise associated with the name Citraśikhaṇḍin.