Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नागलोके च यद्‌ वृत्तं गुणदोषमशेषत: । तच्च सर्वमशेषेण कथयामास पाण्डव:,और नागलोकमें जो गुण-दोषपूर्ण घटनाएँ घटी थीं, उन सबको भी पाण्डुनन्दन भीमने पूर्णरूपसे कह सुनाया

Transliteration

nāgaloke ca yad vṛttaṃ guṇadoṣam aśeṣataḥ | tac ca sarvam aśeṣeṇa kathayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Whatever had occurred in the realm of the Nāgas—events marked by both merit and fault—Pāṇḍu’s son related all of it completely, leaving nothing unsaid.

Word by Word

नागलोकेin the serpent-world (Nāga-loka)

चand

यत्whatever (that which)

वृत्तम्happened; occurred event

गुणदोषम्merit and fault (good and bad)

अशेषतःentirely; without remainder

तत्that

चand

सर्वम्all

अशेषेणcompletely; in full

कथयामासtold; narrated

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Nāgaloka

Pāṇḍava (Bhīma)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of complete and truthful reporting: events often contain both merit (guṇa) and fault (doṣa), and responsible narration acknowledges the full complexity without concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Pāṇḍu’s son (contextually Bhīma) recounts in full what transpired in Nāgaloka, including all aspects—good and bad—of the events that occurred there.