भाव्यमद्याऽप्यनेनेह ननु वाराष्टकं पुनः । भूयोऽपि भारतं नाम सेतिहासं करिष्यति ॥ २९ ॥
bhāvyamadyā’pyanēnēha nanu vārāṣṭakaṁ punaḥ | bhūyō’pi bhārataṁ nāma sētihāsaṁ kariṣyati || 29 ||
Translation
Yet again he is to come eight more times; and once more he will compose, with its histories, the work called the Bhārata.
Word by word
- bhāvyam
- is to come
- adya
- yet
- api
- again; and
- anēna
- he
- iha
- here
- nanu
- indeed
- vāra
- times
- aṣṭakaṁ
- eight more
- punaḥ
- again
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) once more
- bhārataṁ
- the Bhārata
- nāma
- called
- sētihāsaṁ
- with its histories
- kariṣyati
- he will compose
Meaning
The future of this Vyāsa. He will be born eight more times (vārāṣṭaka), and will again compose the Bhārata, the great epic, with its histories (setihāsa). The commentary: this same Vyāsa will be born eight more times and again write the Bhārata. The Mahābhārata, which seems a single work with a single author, is in this view composed again and again, as the Vedas are divided again and again: the eternal returns in time.