महाभारत · 1.1.52
॥
देवनागरी
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण व्यस्य वेदं सनातनम् ।
इतिहासम् इमं चक्रे पुण्यं सत्यवतीसुतः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa vyasya vedaṃ sanātanam |
itihāsam imaṃ cakre puṇyaṃ satyavatīsutaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तपसाtapasāby austerity; by asceticism
ब्रह्मचर्येणbrahmacaryeṇaby celibacy; by brahmacharya
व्यस्यvyasyahaving divided; having arranged (into parts)
वेदम्vedamthe Veda
सनातनम्sanātanameternal; beginningless
इतिहासम्itihāsamhistory; itihasa
इमम्imamthis
चक्रेcakrecreated; made
पुण्यम्puṇyamsacred; auspicious; purifying
सत्यवतीसुतःsatyavatī-sutaḥthe son of Satyavati (Vyasa)
वेदंvedaṃoriginal form «vedaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
इमंimaṃoriginal form «imaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पुण्यंpuṇyaṃoriginal form «puṇyaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सत्यवतीसुतःsatyavatīsutaḥoriginal form «satyavatīsutaḥ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अनुवाद
Having divided the eternal Veda through austerity and celibacy, the son of Satyavati created this sacred history.
संस्करण
0b37e15580ad · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 2:16:08 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Vyasa — hence his name, ‘the divider’ — split the single eternal Veda into parts and then created the Mahabharata. He did this by the power of austerity and celibacy (tapas, brahmacharya) — that is, by spiritual strength, not by intellect alone. Out of mercy toward the people of Kali-yuga, unable to grasp the Vedas directly, this incarnation of the Lord gave them an itihasa — an accessible presentation of the same truth. And it is called ‘sacred’ (punya): the mere hearing of it purifies the heart. Thus Vyasa's work is an act of the Lord's compassion toward the fallen souls of our age.