Shloka 9

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच श्वेतद्वीपातन्निवृत्तेन नारदेन सुर्िणा

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca śvetadvīpāt tannivṛttena nāradena surarṣiṇā

Translation

Janamejaya sprach: „Als der göttliche Weise Nārada von Śvetadvīpa zurückgekehrt war, was berichtete er?“

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्वेतद्वीपात्: from Śvetadvīpa
• श्वेतद्वीपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतद्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तत्: from that (place/there)
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• निवृत्तेन: by (one) returned
• निवृत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुरिणा: by the sage/seer
• सुरिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Nārada
• Śvetadvīpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames dharmic learning as disciplined inquiry: a king seeks authoritative testimony from a realized sage, implying that ethical and spiritual knowledge is best approached through respectful questioning and reliable sources.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya introduces a question about Nārada’s return from Śvetadvīpa, setting up a report or teaching that Nārada is expected to deliver based on what he witnessed or learned there.