Shloka 33

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच अकस्माच्चक्षुष: प्राप्तिर्युमत्सेनस्य ते पितु: । नास्य त्वं कारण वेत्सि सावित्री वक्तुमहति,गौतम बोले--तुम्हारे पिता द्युमत्सेनको जो सहसा नेत्रोंकी प्राप्ति हुई है, इसका कारण तुम नहीं जानते। सम्भवत: सावित्री बतला सकती है

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | akasmāc cakṣuṣaḥ prāptir dyumatsenasyate pituḥ | nāsya tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vetsi sāvitrī vaktum arhati ||

Translation

قال غوتَما: «لقد استعاد أبوك دْيومَتسِنا بصره فجأةً. وأنت لا تعرف سبب ذلك؛ وساڤيتري هي الجديرة بأن تبيّنه.»

Word by Word

गौतमःGautama

उवाचsaid

अकस्मात्suddenly, unexpectedly

चक्षुषःof the eye / of sight

प्राप्तिःattainment, recovery (of sight)

द्युमत्सेनस्यof Dyumatsena

तेyour

पितुःof (your) father

नnot

अस्यof this / of it

त्वम्you

कारणम्cause, reason

वेत्सिyou know

सावित्रीSavitri

वक्तुम्to tell, to say

अर्हतिis able / is fit

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gautama

Dyumatsena

Satyavān (implied by 'your father')

Sāvitrī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights epistemic humility and moral propriety: one should not claim knowledge without certainty, and the person directly responsible or most informed (here, Sāvitrī) is the appropriate authority to explain a significant event.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Dyumatsena unexpectedly regains his eyesight, Gautama addresses Satyavān, noting that Satyavān does not know the reason for this sudden recovery and indicating that Sāvitrī can properly disclose the cause.