यथाऽहं प्रहितस्तेन तथाऽन्ये च महर्षयः । सनत्कुमारप्रमुखा नारदाद्याश्च भूरिशः ॥ ८ ॥
yathā’haṁ prahitastēna tathā’nyē ca maharṣayaḥ | sanatkumārapramukhā nāradādyāśca bhūriśaḥ || 8 ||
Translation
As I was sent by him, so were other great sages too, many of them, Sanatkumāra chief among them, and Nārada and others.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- ahaṁ
- I
- prahitas
- (prahitaḥ) was sent
- tēna
- by him
- tathā
- so
- anyē
- other
- ca
- and
- maharṣayaḥ
- great sages
- sanatkumāra
- Sanatkumāra
- pramukhā
- (pramukhāḥ) chief among them
- nārada
- Nārada
- ādyāś
- (ādyāḥ) and others
- bhūriśaḥ
- many
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha is one of a company. The commentary adds Sanaka and Sanandana to the names. The tradition keeps these figures in mind as the first teachers of knowledge, and Vasiṣṭha sets himself among them without any claim to priority.