क्रमेणाऽस्य मुनेरित्थं व्यासस्याऽद्भुतकर्मणः । संलक्ष्यतेऽवतारोऽयं दशमो दीर्घदर्शिनः ॥ २६ ॥
kramēṇā’sya munēritthaṁ vyāsasyā’dbhutakarmaṇaḥ | saṁlakṣyatē’vatārō’yaṁ daśamō dīrghadarśinaḥ || 26 ||
Translation
In this way, in sequence, this birth of the far-seeing sage Vyāsa, of wonderful deeds, is seen to be his tenth.
Word by word
- kramēṇa
- in sequence
- asya
- of this
- munēr
- (muneḥ) sage
- itthaṁ
- in this way
- vyāsasya
- Vyāsa
- adbhuta
- of wonderful
- karmaṇaḥ
- deeds
- saṁlakṣyatē
- is seen
- avatārō
- (avatāraḥ) birth
- ayaṁ
- this
- daśamō
- (daśamaḥ) to be his tenth
- dīrgha
- far
- darśinaḥ
- -seeing
Meaning
From the thirty-two, Vasiṣṭha narrows to this Vyāsa's own line of births. This present appearance is his tenth (daśama). The commentary: I have seen this wonder-working, far-sighted sage born ten times. The far-seeing one (dīrgha-darśin) is far-seen in turn: Vasiṣṭha's own vision reaches across his previous lives.