Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.57
शाकल्यस्तत्सुत: स्वां तु पञ्चधा व्यस्य संहिताम् ।
वात्स्यमुद्गलशालीयगोखल्यशिशिरेष्वधात् ॥ ५७ ॥
śākalyas tat-sutaḥ svāṁ tu
[shaakalyas tat-sutah svaam tu]
pañcadhā vyasya saṁhitām
[panchadhaa vyasya samhitaam]
vātsya-mudgala-śālīya-
[vaatsya-mudgala-shaaleeya-]
gokhalya-śiśireṣv adhāt
[gokhalya-shishireshv adhaat]
Word-for-word
śākalyaḥ
—
Śākalya
tat-sutaḥ
—
the son of Māṇḍūkeya
svām
—
his own
tu
—
and
pañcadhā
—
in five parts
vyasya
—
dividing
saṁhitām
—
the collection
vātsya-mudgala-śālīya
—
to Vātsya, Mudgala and Śālīya
gokhalya-śiśireṣu
—
and to Gokhalya and Śiśira
adhāt
—
gave.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śākalyas tat-sutaḥ svāṁ tu
śākalyaḥ
Śākalya
tat-sutaḥ
the son of Māṇḍūkeya
svām
his own
tu
and
pañcadhā vyasya saṁhitām
pañcadhā
in five parts
vyasya
dividing
saṁhitām
the collection
vātsya-mudgala-śālīya-
vātsya-mudgala-śālīya
to Vātsya, Mudgala and Śālīya
gokhalya-śiśireṣv adhāt
gokhalya-śiśireṣu
and to Gokhalya and Śiśira
adhāt
gave.
The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira.
Māṇḍūkeya’s son was Śākalya. He taught it to five persons.
Personal Guidance
Sakalya divides his collection into five and entrusts each part to a disciple. Even bookish details receive devotional attention here. To Vyasa's school, classification was a form of worship.
Reflection Questions
- Could I bring devotional intent into a mundane organizational task this week?
- What changes when I treat ordinary work as offering?
My note
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