Shloka 7

उग्रश्रवाः सूतः नैमिषारण्ये — Sauti at Naimiṣāraṇya

Protocol of Epic Recitation

Devanagari script

सत्यवादी शमपरस्तपस्वी नियतव्रतः । सर्वेषामेव नो मान्य: स तावत्‌ प्रतिपाल्यताम्‌,उग्रश्रवाजीके द्वारा महाभारतकी कथा वे सदा सत्य बोलनेवाले, मन और इन्द्रियोंके संयममें तत्पर, तपस्वी और नियमपूर्वक व्रतको निबाहनेवाले हैं। वे हम सभी लोगोंके लिये सम्माननीय हैं; अतः जबतक उनका आना न हो, तबतक प्रतीक्षा कीजिये

Transliteration

satyavādī śamaparas tapasyī niyatavrataḥ | sarveṣām eva no mānyaḥ sa tāvat pratipālyatām ||

Translation

قال أوتّانكا: «إنه صادقُ القول، مُقبلٌ على السكينة وضبط النفس، ناسكٌ، ثابتٌ على انضباط نذوره. وهو جديرٌ بالإكرام منّا جميعًا؛ فلْيُنتَظَرْ ولْيُستَقبَلْ—انتظروا حتى يَقدُم.»

Word by Word

• {'satyavādī': 'truth-speaker

• one who speaks truth', 'śamaparaḥ': 'devoted to śama

• intent on tranquility and control of mind', 'tapasyī': 'ascetic

• one engaged in austerities', 'niyatavrataḥ': 'one of regulated vows

• steadfast in disciplined observances', 'sarveṣām': 'of all (people)', 'eva': 'indeed

• emphatically', 'naḥ': 'of us

• our', 'mānyaḥ': 'honorable

• worthy of respect', 'saḥ': 'he', 'tāvat': 'until then

• for the time being', 'pratipālyatām': 'let (him) be waited for/received/attended to (passive imperative sense)'}

Speaker

उत्तड़क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttanka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds dharma through honoring a person of proven virtues—truthfulness, self-restraint, austerity, and disciplined vows—implying that moral authority deserves patience, deference, and proper reception.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka describes a revered, disciplined truth-speaker and urges those present to wait and receive him respectfully until he arrives, emphasizing communal regard for ascetic virtue.