Shloka 3

विष्णुचक्रलाभो नाम (अर्धनारीश्वर-तत्त्वं, सती-पार्वती-सम्भवः, दक्षयज्ञविनाशः)

Devanagari script

कल्याणं वा कथं तस्य वक्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम् तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः

Transliteration

kalyāṇaṃ vā kathaṃ tasya vaktumarhasi sāṃpratam teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ

Translation

«Ou bien, comment pourrais-tu parler à présent, à juste titre, de son bien-être ?» Ayant entendu ces paroles des sages, Sūta —le plus éminent connaisseur des Purāṇa— (se prépara à répondre).

Word by Word

• कल्याणम्: welfare, auspicious good

• वा: or

• कथम्: how

• तस्य: of him/that one

• वक्तुम्: to speak

• अर्हसि: you are fit/you ought

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present

• तेषाम्: of them (the sages)

• तद्वचनम्: those words/speech

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• सूतः: Sūta

• पौराणिक-उत्तमः: the best among Purāṇic narrators/authorities

Speaker

Sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta), with Sūta as the narrative respondent