Shloka 56

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

वामनादींस्तथैवान्यान् न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे ।

अवताराश्च तस्येह माथुरः साम्प्रतं त्वयम् ॥

Transliteration

vāmanādīṃs tathaivānyān na saṃkhyātum ihotsahe /

avatārāś ca tasyeha māthuraḥ sāmprataṃ tvayam //

Translation

Vāmana and the other incarnations likewise—I do not venture to enumerate them here. Indeed, his avatāras are many in this world; and now you, O Māthura, stand before me at present (as one of them).

Speakers

• Frame-dialogue speaker addressing a listener titled 'Māthura' (exact assignment depends on the edition’s speaker mapping for Adhyaya 4)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implied via Vāmana avatāra)
• Avatāra principle (general)

Key Themes

• Avatāra doctrine
• Limits of textual enumeration
• Narrative framing and authority of the speaker