Shloka 8
धौन्धुमारोपाख्यानम्
Dhaundhumāra-Upākhyāna: The Slaying of Dhundhu and the Epithet ‘Dhundhumāra’
तदेतद् राज्ञों महाभाग्यमप्युक्तवान् नारद:,“इस प्रकार साक्षात् नारदजीने राजा शिबिकी महत्ताका अपने मुखसे वर्णन किया”
tad etad rājño mahābhāgyam apy uktavān nāradaḥ |
Dijo Vaiśaṃpāyana: Así fue como Nārada refirió también al rey este relato de gran fortuna y mérito excelso, describiendo con su propia boca la grandeza del rey Śibi y la noble altura ética de su conducta.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that exemplary royal dharma—embodied by King Śibi’s famed righteousness and generosity—is worthy of being preserved and transmitted by authoritative sages like Nārada, making ethical greatness a model for rulers and listeners.
Vaiśaṃpāyana, as the frame-narrator, states that Nārada has already narrated to the king the celebrated account of King Śibi’s greatness; this line functions as a transition/summary marker within the ongoing story.