Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सौतिरवाच एवमस्तु गुरौ तस्मिन्नुपविष्टे महात्मनि । तेन पृष्ट: कथा: पुण्या वक्ष्यामि विविधाश्रया:,उग्रश्रवाजीने कहा--एवमस्तु (ऐसा ही होगा), गुरुदेव महात्मा शौनकजीके बैठ जानेपर उन्हींके पूछनेके अनुसार मैं नाना प्रकारकी पुण्यदायिनी कथाएँ कहूँगा

Transliteration

sautir uvāca evam astu gurau tasminn upaviṣṭe mahātmani | tena pṛṣṭaḥ kathāḥ puṇyā vakṣyāmi vividhāśrayāḥ ||

Translation

Ugraśravas, der Sūta, sprach: „So sei es. Nachdem jener großherzige Lehrer Platz genommen hatte und gemäß dem, was er fragte, werde ich vielerlei heilige, verdienstspendende Erzählungen berichten, aus unterschiedlichen Quellen geschöpft.“

Word by Word

सूतिःthe Sūta (Ugraśravas)

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

अस्तुlet it be

गुरौwhen/while the teacher (guru) [is present]

तस्मिन्in/when that (one)

उपविष्टेwhen (he) had sat down / being seated

महात्मनिin/when the great-souled one (was seated)

तेनby him / by that (person)

पृष्टःhaving been asked

कथाःstories, narratives

पुण्याःholy, meritorious

वक्ष्यामिI shall tell

विविधvarious

आश्रयाःhaving bases/themes; resting on (various topics)

Speaker

उत्तड़क उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ugraśravas (Sauti)

Śaunaka (guru, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ethic of respectful transmission: sacred knowledge is shared in response to a worthy inquiry, within the guru-centered setting, and such narratives are presented as puṇya—ethically uplifting and merit-producing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ugraśravas (Sauti) assents to the request and, after the revered teacher Śaunaka has taken his seat, promises to narrate a range of holy accounts, indicating the formal beginning of the storytelling session.