梵语IAST释义
वध्वा अदृश्यन्त्या अनुगतः आश्रमाभिमुखः व्रजन्vadhvā adṛśyantyā anugataḥ āśramābhimukhaḥ vrajanwalking toward the hermitage, accompanied by his daughter-in-law Adrishyanti,
अथ शुश्राव संगत्या वेदाध्ययननिःस्वनम्atha śuśrāva saṃgatyā vedādhyayananiḥsvanamhe suddenly heard, nearby, the sound of Vedic recitation,
पृष्ठतः परिपूर्णार्थैः षड्भिः अङ्गैः अलंकृतम्pṛṣṭhataḥ paripūrṇārthaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ aṅgaiḥ alaṃkṛtambehind him, adorned with the six fully meaningful angas [the Vedangas];
अनुव्रजति कः नु एषः माम् इति एव च सः अब्रवीत्anuvrajati kaḥ nu eṣaḥ mām iti eva ca saḥ abravīt"who is this walking behind me?" -- so he said;
अहं तु अदृश्यती नाम्ना तं स्नुषा प्रत्यभाषतahaṃ tu adṛśyatī nāmnā taṃ snuṣā pratyabhāṣata"I, named Adrishyanti," his daughter-in-law answered him,
शक्तेः भार्या महाभाग तपोयुक्ता तपस्विनीśakteḥ bhāryā mahābhāga tapoyuktā tapasvinī"the wife of Shakti, O greatly fortunate one, an ascetic devoted to austerity";
वध्वादृश्यन्त्यानुगतvadhvādṛśyantyānugataoriginal form "vadhvādṛśyantyānugata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आश्रमाभिमुखोāśramābhimukhooriginal form "āśramābhimukho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
षड्भिर्ṣaḍbhiroriginal form "ṣaḍbhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अङ्गैर्aṅgairoriginal form "aṅgair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कोkooriginal form "ko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
न्व्nvoriginal form "nv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एषeṣaoriginal form "eṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽब्रवीत्'bravītoriginal form "'bravīt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्तेर्śakteroriginal form "śakter", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here, amid grief, a message of hope sounds -- the voice of the Veda. It is telling that the ear of the stricken man catches the sound of sacred recitation: where a future dawns, there the Veda is heard. In this it is seen that even in the hour of hopelessness a sign from above arrives: the recitation of the Veda, by an unseen reciter, foretells for Vasishtha an unlooked-for joy. Telling too is the appearance of the daughter-in-law, the widow of the slain Shakti devoted to austerity: faithful, she does not abandon her father-in-law. Thus the scripture shows how consolation is being prepared in the very darkness of grief; and the sound of the Veda behind Vasishtha is the first ray of his renewal.