Shloka 2
The Sumanā Episode: Suvrata’s Childhood Devotion and All-Activity Remembrance of Hari
व्यास उवाच । लोकात्मंल्लोकविन्यास देवदेव महाप्रभो । सुव्रतस्याथ चरितं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सांप्रतम्
vyāsa uvāca | lokātmaṃllokavinyāsa devadeva mahāprabho | suvratasyātha caritaṃ śrotumicchāmi sāṃpratam
ব্যাস বললেন—হে লোকাত্মা, হে লোকবিন্যাসক, হে দেবদেব মহাপ্রভু! আমি এখন সুব্রতের চরিত ও কর্মকথা শুনতে ইচ্ছা করি।
Vyāsa
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: लोकात्मंल्लोकविन्यास = लोकात्मन् लोकविन्यास (न् + ल् संयोग/अनुस्वार-लेखन); श्रोतुमिच्छामि = श्रोतुम् इच्छामि (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि).
FAQs
Vyāsa is speaking, and he requests to hear the carita (life-story/deeds) of Suvrata.
They portray the addressed deity as both the inner essence of the cosmos (lokātmā) and the one who orders and structures the world (lokavinyāsa).
By asking for Suvrata’s carita, the verse signals a dharma-oriented narrative where exemplary conduct is taught through biography and sacred storytelling.