Shloka 29

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase.

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“我向那位具足福德的圣者——毗耶娑——顶礼；其光辉不可量度。”以此恭敬的启请，叙述者将随后的开示安立为神圣而具权威的教言，使之根植于对守护正法、以经典传持之圣仙的虔敬与感恩之中。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• भगवते: to the Blessed Lord
• भगवते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• व्यासाय: to Vyāsa
• व्यासाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अमिततेजसे: to (him) of immeasurable splendor
• अमिततेजसे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमिततेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic humility: before transmitting instruction, the speaker offers homage to Vyāsa, affirming that wisdom is received through a lineage and should be approached with reverence and gratitude.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, begins or resumes a section by invoking Vyāsa with a formal salutation, signaling a transition into an important teaching and establishing the sanctity and credibility of what follows.