Shloka 46

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

तत्राप्यनेकधा वेदान्‌ भेत्स्यसे तपसान्वित:

Transliteration

tatrāpy anekadhā vedān bhetsyase tapasānvitāḥ

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“即便在那时，你亦将凭借苦行之力，能够以多种不同方式分辨诸吠陀。”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अनेकधा: in many ways; variously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भेत्स्यसे: you will split/divide
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• तपसा: by austerity; through penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्वितः: endowed with; accompanied by
• अन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual discipline (tapas) with the capacity to discern and interpret sacred knowledge: through austerity and inner steadiness, one gains clarity to distinguish the Vedas’ teachings in their many branches and meanings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, addresses the listener and foretells an ability—grounded in tapas—to analyze or distinguish the Vedas in multiple ways, indicating a context of instruction about learning, scriptural understanding, and disciplined pursuit of knowledge.