Shloka 8
Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Saṃvāda in Indraprastha: Consolation, Legitimation, and Leave for Dvārakā (आश्वमेधिकपर्व, अध्याय १५)
मधुरास्तु कथाश्षित्राश्षित्रार्थपदनिश्चया: । निश्चयज्ञ: स पार्थाय कथयामास केशव:
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
madhurās tu kathāś citrāś citrārthapadaniścayāḥ |
niścayajñaḥ sa pārthāya kathayāmāsa keśavaḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—সেই কাহিনিবোৰ শুনিবলৈ মধুৰ, বহুবিধ আৰু সুচিত পদপ্ৰয়োগে অৰ্থনিশ্চয় দৃঢ় কৰোৱা আছিল। নিশ্চয়সত্য জানোতা কেশৱে সেয়া পাৰ্থক ক’লে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Effective ethical instruction should be both pleasing and clear: the discourse is described as sweet, vivid, and firmly grounded in meaning, and it is delivered by one who can discern what is truly certain (niścaya).
The narrator Vaiśampāyana frames a scene in which Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) is recounting or expounding well-formed teachings/stories to Arjuna (Pārtha), emphasizing the quality and decisiveness of the instruction.