पाराशर्यो महायोगी स बभूव महान् ऋषिः ॥
कन्यापुत्रो मम पुरा द्वैपायन इति स्मृतः ॥
यो व्यस्य वेदांश् चतुरस् तपसा भगवान् ऋषिः ॥
लोके व्यासत्वम् आपेदे कार्ष्ण्यात् कृष्णत्वम् एव च ॥
सत्यवादी शमपरस् तपस्वी दग्धकिल्बिषः ॥
स नियुक्तो मया व्यक्तं त्वया च अमितद्युते ॥
भ्रातुः क्षेत्रेषु कल्याणम् अपत्यं जनयिष्यति ॥
स हि माम् उक्तवांस् तत्र स्मरेः कृत्येषु माम् इति ॥
तं स्मरिष्ये महाबाहो यदि भीष्म त्वम् इच्छसि ॥
तव ह्य् अनुमते भीष्म नियतं स महातपाः ॥
विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु पुत्रान् उत्पादयिष्यति ॥
pārāśaryo mahāyogī sa babhūva mahān ṛṣiḥ ||
kanyāputro mama purā dvaipāyana iti smṛtaḥ ||
yo vyasya vedāṃś caturas tapasā bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ||
loke vyāsatvam āpede kārṣṇyāt kṛṣṇatvam eva ca ||
satyavādī śamaparas tapasvī dagdhakilbiṣaḥ ||
sa niyukto mayā vyaktaṃ tvayā ca amitadyute ||
bhrātuḥ kṣetreṣu kalyāṇam apatyaṃ janayiṣyati ||
sa hi mām uktavāṃs tatra smareḥ kṛtyeṣu mām iti ||
taṃ smariṣye mahābāho yadi bhīṣma tvam icchasi ||
tava hy anumate bhīṣma niyataṃ sa mahātapāḥ ||
vicitravīryakṣetreṣu putrān utpādayiṣyati ||
"[That] son of Parashara became a great yogi, a great sage — my son, born of a maiden, once known as Dvaipayana. Who, having divided the four Vedas by austerity, the lordly sage, obtained in the world the name Vyasa, and by his dark hue the name Krishna. Truthful of speech, devoted to tranquility, an ascetic, one who has burned away all sins, he, being summoned by me and by you, O one of boundless splendor, will beget good offspring on the 'fields' (wives) of our brother. For he said to me then: 'Remember me in difficult undertakings'; I shall call him to mind, O mighty-armed one, if you, O Bhishma, so wish. For with your leave, O Bhishma, that great ascetic will surely beget sons on the 'fields' of Vichitravirya."
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Here the greatness of Vyasa is revealed, along with his readiness to come at the call. Telling are his names and deed: "Vyasa" — the one who divided the Vedas into four, "Krishna Dvaipayana" — the Dark One, born on an island. Vyasa is revered as an incarnation of the Lord Himself (the Veda-Vyasa avatara), who appeared to divide and record the Vedas, to compose the Puranas, the Vedanta-sutra, and the Mahabharata itself — so that in the coming age of Kali, people of weakened memory might still grasp sacred knowledge. Telling is his description as "truthful of speech, one who has burned away sins": the one destined to beget the continuers of the line is purest among the pure, and so his seed is blessed. Here it becomes clear how exalted the begetter of the Kuru dynasty is: no ordinary man, but the greatest of sage-incarnations. And telling is his promise to his mother: "remember me in undertakings" — the saint is accessible to the call of a devoted heart; one need only call to him with faith, and he appears. Here is an image of the mercy of the saint and of the Lord: they are never far from one who remembers and calls upon them in need. Thus scripture prepares the appearance of Vyasa — and by this raises the Kuru line to the very source of sacred knowledge.