Shloka 83
वाचको भरतमश्रेष्ठ व्यक्ताक्षरपदस्वर: | भविष्यं श्रावयेद् विद्वान् भारतं भरतर्षभ
vācako bharataśreṣṭha vyaktākṣarapadasvaraḥ | bhaviṣyaṃ śrāvayed vidvān bhārataṃ bharatarṣabha ||
হে ভৰতশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! কথাৱাচক বিদ্বান হওক আৰু প্ৰতিটো অক্ষৰ, পদ আৰু স্বৰ স্পষ্টকৈ উচ্চাৰণ কৰি ‘ভাৰত’ শ্ৰৱণ কৰাওক; হে ভৰতবৃষভ! তেওঁ ‘ভৱিষ্যপৰ্ব’ও (হৰিবংশ পৰম্পৰা অনুসাৰে) পাঠ কৰক।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharma of recitation: sacred narrative should be transmitted by a learned narrator with precise pronunciation—clear syllables, words, and accents—so that meaning and tradition are preserved without distortion.
Vaiśampāyana lays down a guideline about how the Bhārata should be publicly recited: the storyteller must be competent and articulate, and should recite the epic (and related ‘Bhaviṣya’ material) in a clear, disciplined manner.