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Chapter 1.1 - Verse 52

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