Shloka 22
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ये पाँचों शिष्य इन्द्रिययमन एवं मनोनिग्रहसे सम्पन्न, शौच तथा सदाचारसे संयुक्त, क्रोधशून्य और जितेन्द्रिय हैं। अपनी सेवामें आये हुए इन सभी शिष्योंको व्यासजीने चारों वेदों तथा पाँचवें वेद महाभारतका अध्ययन कराया ।।
ye pāñco śiṣyā indriya-yamana evaṃ mano-nigrahena sampannāḥ, śauca-sadācāra-saṃyuktāḥ, krodha-śūnyāḥ ca jitendriyāḥ. sva-sevāyām āgatān etān sarvān śiṣyān vyāsaḥ caturo vedān pañcamaṃ ca vedaṃ mahābhāratam adhyāpayām āsa. merau girivare ramye siddha-cāraṇa-sevite teṣām abhyasyatāṃ vedān kadācit saṃśayo 'bhavat. bhārata! vyāsena asmān śiṣyān prati yo 'yaṃ uttaraḥ uktaḥ, tam ahaṃ tasyaiva mukhāt śrutavān; sa eva adya tvām api vakṣyāmi.
毗舍波耶那说：“那五位弟子皆具调伏诸根、摄持其心；清净而守正行，无有嗔怒，克胜自身诸能。待他们前来侍奉时，毗耶娑便教他们四部吠陀，并传授《摩诃婆罗多》，尊为‘第五吠陀’。 “有一次，我们诸弟子在妙丽的须弥山巅习诵吠陀——彼处为悉达与查罗那所往来——心中忽起一疑，正是你今日所问之疑。噢，婆罗多啊！毗耶娑赐予我们的解答，我曾亲从其口聆听；同样的解答，我如今也将告知于你。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage foregrounds the ethical prerequisites for sacred learning: restraint of the senses, control of the mind, purity, good conduct, and freedom from anger. It also asserts the Mahābhārata’s status as a comprehensive dharma-text—honored as a ‘fifth Veda’—to be studied under a qualified teacher.
Vaiśampāyana describes Vyāsa’s disciplined disciples and how Vyāsa instructed them in the four Vedas and the Mahābhārata. While studying on Mount Meru, a doubt arose among the disciples; Vaiśampāyana tells the listener that he will now relay Vyāsa’s answer exactly as he heard it.