Shloka 2
Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)
अथाचष्ट मार्कण्डेयो< पूर्वमिदं श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणानां चरितम्,तब मार्कण्डेयजीने कहा--'राजन्! ब्राह्मणोंक इस अद्भुत चरित्रका श्रवण करो
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: athācaṣṭa Mārkaṇḍeyo—pūrvam idaṃ śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ caritam.
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: عندئذٍ تكلّم ماركانديَة وقال: «أولاً، أيها الملك، استمع إلى هذا الخبر عن سيرة البراهمة العجيبة وسلوكهم الباهر».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical instruction through attentive listening to exemplary lives: dharma is conveyed not only by rules but by remembered conduct (carita) of the virtuous, especially those devoted to sacred learning and restraint.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the sage Mārkaṇḍeya begins a new tale and asks the king to hear first an account concerning the Brahmins’ deeds—signaling a shift into a didactic episode within the Vana Parva.