संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सः गन्धर्ववचः श्रुत्वा तत् तदा भरतर्षभsaḥ gandharvavacaḥ śrutvā tat tadā bharatarṣabhahaving heard that speech of the gandharva, then, O bull of the Bharatas,
अर्जुनः परया प्रीत्या पूर्णचन्द्रः इव अबभौarjunaḥ parayā prītyā pūrṇacandraḥ iva ababhauArjuna shone with supreme joy, like the full moon;
उवाच च महेष्वासः गन्धर्वं कुरुसत्तमःuvāca ca maheṣvāsaḥ gandharvaṃ kurusattamaḥand the great archer, the foremost of the Kurus, said to the gandharva,
जातकौतूहलः अतीव वसिष्ठस्य तपोबलात्jātakautūhalaḥ atīva vasiṣṭhasya tapobalātexceedingly curious about the might of Vasishtha's austerity:
वसिष्ठः इति यस्य एतत् ऋषेः नाम त्वया ईरितम्vasiṣṭhaḥ iti yasya etat ṛṣeḥ nāma tvayā īritam"Vasishtha is the name of that sage which you have spoken;
एतत् इच्छामि अहं श्रोतुं यथावत् तत् वदस्व मेetat icchāmi ahaṃ śrotuṃ yathāvat tat vadasva methat I wish to hear -- tell it to me as it truly is;
यः एषः गन्धर्वपते पूर्वेषां नः पुरोहितःyaḥ eṣaḥ gandharvapate pūrveṣāṃ naḥ purohitaḥhe who, O lord of gandharvas, was the purohita of our forefathers --
आसीत् एतत् मम आचक्ष्व कः एषः भगवान् ऋषिःāsīt etat mama ācakṣva kaḥ eṣaḥ bhagavān ṛṣiḥtell me this: who was that blessed sage?"
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूर्णचन्द्रpūrṇacandraoriginal form "pūrṇacandra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवाबभौivābabhauoriginal form "ivābabhau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महेष्वासोmaheṣvāsooriginal form "maheṣvāso", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जातकौतूहलोjātakautūhalooriginal form "jātakautūhalo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽतीव'tīvaoriginal form "'tīva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसिष्ठvasiṣṭhaoriginal form "vasiṣṭha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्यैतद्yasyaitadoriginal form "yasyaitad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऋषेर्ṛṣeroriginal form "ṛṣer", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वयेरितम्tvayeritamoriginal form "tvayeritam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इच्छाम्य्icchāmyoriginal form "icchāmy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यyaoriginal form "ya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एषeṣaoriginal form "eṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसीद्āsīdoriginal form "āsīd", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ममाचक्ष्वmamācakṣvaoriginal form "mamācakṣva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कkaoriginal form "ka", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एषeṣaoriginal form "eṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the listener is kindled with the desire to know about a holy ancestral teacher. It is telling that Arjuna shines "like the full moon" with the joy of listening: the story of the righteous delights a pure heart more than any other pleasure. Equally telling is the object of his curiosity -- not martial exploit, but the "might of austerity" (tapas) of Vasishtha: the noble are drawn to spiritual greatness. Here is a good sign -- the thirst to hear about the saints. Thus the scripture shows that joy at the account of the righteous is a mark of piety; and Arjuna's question opens the story of Vasishtha.