Shloka 12

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

इत्यृषिर्वचनं तेषां श्रुत्वा संस्कारवत् स्फुटम् ।

शिष्यैः परिवृतः सर्वैः सह पुत्रेण शृङ्गिणा ॥

Transliteration

ityṛṣirvacanaṃ teṣāṃ śrutvā saṃskāravat sphuṭam / śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ saha putreṇa śṛṅgiṇā

Translation

Nachdem er so die Worte des Weisen vernommen hatte—klar gesprochen, in verfeinerter und wohlgefügter Rede—schritt (er) weiter, umgeben von all seinen Schülern, zusammen mit seinem Sohn Śṛṅgin.

Speakers

• Narrator (Sauti/paurāṇika style narration) describing a rishi and entourage; not the Devi Mahatmya section

Key Themes

• Gurukula tradition
• Transmission of sacred instruction
• Sage-disciple lineage
• Narrative transition/scene-setting