धृतव्रतेन हि मया छन्दांसि गुरवोऽग्नय: । मानिता निर्व्यलीकेन गृहीतं चानुशासनम् ॥ २८ ॥ भारतव्यपदेशेन ह्याम्नायार्थश्च प्रदर्शित: । दृश्यते यत्र धर्मादि स्त्रीशूद्रादिभिरप्युत ॥ २९ ॥
dhrta-vratena hi maya chandamsi guravo ’gnayah manita nirvyalikena grhitam canusasanam bharata-vyapadesena hy amnayarthas ca pradarsitah drsyate yatra dharmadi stri-sudradibhir apy uta
- dhrta-vratena
- under a strict disciplinary vow
- hi
- certainly
- maya
- by me
- chandamsi
- the Vedic hymns
- guravah
- the spiritual masters
- agnayah
- the sacrificial fire
- manitah
- properly worshiped
- nirvyalikena
- without pretense
- grhitam ca
- also accepted
- anusasanam
- traditional discipline
- bharata
- the Mahabharata
- vyapadesena
- by compilation of
- hi
- certainly
- amnaya-arthah
- import of disciplic succession
- ca
- and
- pradarsitah
- properly explained
- drsyate
- by what is necessary
- yatra
- where
- dharma-adih
- the path of religion
- stri-sudra-adibhih api
- even by women, sudras, etc.
- uta
- spoken
I have, under strict disciplinary vows, unpretentiously worshiped the Vedas, the spiritual masters and the altar of sacrifice. I have also abided by the rulings and have shown the import of disciplic succession through the explanation of the Mahabharata, by which even women, sudras and others [friends of the twice-born] can see the path of religion.