Shloka 9

६... न तत्राविदितं ब्रहाँल्‍लोके भूतेन केनचित्‌ । पुनरुक्तेन कि तेन भाषितेन पुनः पुनः,“ब्रह्मन] इस लोकमें जो घटना बीत चुकी है, वह किसीको अज्ञात नहीं है, उसको दोहरानेसे या बारंबार उसपर भाषण देनेसे क्या लाभ है?

na tatrāviditaṃ brahmaloke bhūtena kenacit | punaruktena kiṃ tena bhāṣitena punaḥ punaḥ ||

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Brāhmaṇa, in that world there is nothing about what has already occurred that is unknown to anyone. What purpose is served by repeating it, or by speaking of it again and again?”

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
tatrathere; in that matter
tatra:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra
aviditamunknown
aviditam:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootavidita
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
brahmanO Brahmin
brahman:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootloka
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
bhūtenaby any being; by anyone
bhūtena:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
kenacitby anyone (at all)
kenacit:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootkim + cit
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
punaruktenaby repetition
punaruktena:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootpunarukta
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
kimwhat?
kim:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootkim
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
tenaby that; with that
tena:
Karana
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
bhāṣitenaby speech; by what is said
bhāṣitena:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootbhāṣita
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ
punaḥagain (repeatedly)
punaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
B
brāhmaṇa (addressed person)
B
Brahmaloka

Educational Q&A

The verse cautions against needless repetition: when a matter is already known, reiterating it or delivering repeated speeches on it yields little benefit. It implicitly values purposeful, restrained speech aligned with context.

Vaiśampāyana, continuing his narration, remarks to a Brāhmaṇa interlocutor that the event in question is already known and questions the utility of restating it repeatedly—signaling a transition away from redundant recounting toward what is materially relevant.