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Chapter 1.1
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Sanskrit Text
तपसा
ब्रह्मचर्येण
व्यस्य
वेदं
सनातनम्
।
इतिहासमिमं
चक्रे
पुण्यं
सत्यवतीसुतः
॥
English Translation
Learned men display their various knowledge of Smritis in commenting on this composition. Some are skillful in explaining it while others in remembering it. The son of Satyavati (Vyasa,) by penances and mediation, having classified the ever-lasting Veda, composed this holy history.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
तपसा | ब्रह्मचर्येण | व्यस्य | वेदं | सनातनम्
इतिहासम् | इमं | चक्रे | पुण्यं | सत्यवती + सुत
इतिहासम् | इमं | चक्रे | पुण्यं | सत्यवती + सुत