Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एष वै यस्त्वया पृष्टस्तेन तेषां प्रकीर्तित: । ततः श्रुतो मया चापि तवाख्येयोडद्य भारत,सिद्धों और चारणोंसे सेवित गिरिवर मेरुके रमणीय शिखरपर वेदाभ्यास करते हुए हम सब शिष्योंके मनमें किसी समय यही संदेह उत्पन्न हुआ, जिसे आज तुमने पूछा है। भारत! व्यासजीने हम शिष्योंको जो उत्तर दिया, उसे मैंने भी उन्हींके मुखसे सुना था। वही आज तुम्हें भी बताना है

Transliteration

eṣa vai yastvayā pṛṣṭas tena teṣāṃ prakīrtitaḥ | tataḥ śruto mayā cāpi tavākhyeyo ’dya bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dies ist wahrlich eben die Sache, nach der du gefragt hast; in jenem Zusammenhang ist sie dargelegt worden. Auch ich hörte es danach, und heute, o Bhārata, will ich es dir berichten.“

Word by Word

एषःthis (one)

वैindeed

यःwho/which

त्वयाby you

पृष्टःasked

तेनby him/thereby

तेषाम्of them

प्रकीर्तितःproclaimed/declared

ततःthen/thereafter

श्रुतःheard

मयाby me

चand

अपिalso/even

तवof you/your

आख्येयःto be told (to you)

अद्यtoday/now

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes reliable transmission: the speaker will recount what was previously taught and personally heard, grounding the teaching in an authoritative lineage rather than mere opinion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana responds to the king’s inquiry by stating that the topic has already been explained in its proper context and that he will now narrate it as he himself heard it earlier.