Shloka 10

Deva–Asura–Gandharva–Nāga Vaṃśa-kathana

Genealogies and Partial Descents

Devanagari script

शृणु सर्वमशेषेण कथ्यमानं मया द्विज । शंसितुं तन्महान्‌ हर्षो ममापीह प्रवर्तते,विप्रवर! मेरे द्वारा कही जानेवाली इस सम्पूर्ण महाभारत-कथाको आप पूर्णरूपसे सुनिये। यह कथा सुनाते समय मुझे भी महान्‌ हर्ष प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

śṛṇu sarvam aśeṣeṇa kathyamānaṃ mayā dvija | śaṃsituṃ tanmahān harṣo mamāpīha pravartate ||

Translation

استمع، أيها البراهمنُ ذو الميلادين، إلى هذا الخبر كلّه كما أرويه لك دون إغفال. وإذ أُفصِح بهذه الحكاية العظيمة، حكاية المهابهاراتا، تنهض في نفسي هنا أيضًا فرحةٌ عميقة، لأن فعلَ القصّ ذاته لذّةٌ مقدّسة.

Word by Word

• {'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'sarvam': 'everything

• the whole (accusative singular)', 'aśeṣeṇa': 'without remainder

• in full', 'kathyamānam': 'being narrated

• being told (present passive participle)', 'mayā': 'by me (instrumental singular)', 'dvija': 'twice-born

• Brahmin/learned man (vocative)', 'śaṃsitum': 'to recount

• to narrate (infinitive)', 'tat': 'that (referring to the narrative/itihāsa)', 'mahān': 'great', 'harṣaḥ': 'joy

• gladness', 'mama': 'of me

• my', 'api': 'also

• even', 'iha': 'here

• in this context', 'pravartate': 'arises

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• dvija (addressed Brahmin/learned listener)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes śravaṇa (attentive listening) and faithful transmission: the Mahābhārata should be heard in full, without omissions, and the act of narrating dharmic history is itself a source of inner joy and merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka addresses a learned listener (dvija), inviting him to hear the complete Mahābhārata as Śaunaka narrates it, and he notes that he himself feels great happiness while recounting the story.