Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तुड्गकारण्यमासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रिय: । वेदानध्यापयत्‌ तत्र ऋषि: सारस्वत: पुरा,तुंगकारण्यमें जाकर ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करते हुए इन्द्रियोंकों अपने वशमें रखे। प्राचीनकालमें वहाँ सारस्वत ऋषिने अन्य ऋषियोंको वेदोंका अध्ययन कराया था

Transliteration

Tuṅgakāraṇyam āsādya brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | Vedān adhyāpayat tatra ṛṣiḥ sārasvataḥ purā ||

Translation

抵达通伽森林（Tuṅga）后，他以梵行学生之身而住，克制诸根，使其尽在掌握。古时，圣者萨拉斯瓦塔（Sārasvata）曾在此向诸仙传授吠陀。

Word by Word

तुंगकारण्यम्the Tunga forest (Tungakāraṇya)

आसाद्यhaving reached

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate student; brahmacārin

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

वेदान्the Vedas

अध्यापयत्taught; caused (others) to study

तत्रthere

ऋषिःsage

सारस्वतःSārasvata (descendant of Sarasvatī / named Sārasvata)

पुराformerly; in ancient times

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Tuṅgakāraṇya

Sārasvata Ṛṣi

Vedas

other ṛṣis

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights brahmacarya and mastery over the senses as the ethical foundation for preserving and transmitting sacred knowledge; disciplined living enables reliable teaching and continuity of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya describes a sacred forest setting (Tuṅgakāraṇya) where, in ancient times, the sage Sārasvata lived with strict self-control and taught the Vedas to other sages, establishing the place as a center of learning.