Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त: पाण्डवेन नारद: प्रत्यभाषत । क्रमेण राजन्‌ दिव्यास्ता: श्रूयन्तामिह न: सभा:,पाण्डुकुमार युधिष्ठिरके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर नारदजीने उत्तर दिया--“राजन्‌! तुम हमसे यहाँ उन सभी दिव्य सभाओंका क्रमश: वर्णन सुनो”

Transliteration

evam uktaḥ pāṇḍavena nāradaḥ pratyabhāṣata | krameṇa rājan divyās tāḥ śrūyantām iha naḥ sabhāḥ ||

Translation

Ainsi questionné par le Pāṇḍava, Nārada répondit : «Ô Roi, écoute ici de ma bouche, dans l’ordre convenable, le récit de ces merveilleuses salles d’assemblée divines.»

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

पाण्डवेनby the Pandava

नारदःNarada

प्रत्यभाषतreplied / spoke in response

क्रमेणin order / sequentially

राजन्O king

दिव्याःdivine

ताःthose

श्रूयन्ताम्let (them) be heard / please hear

इहhere

नःof us / for us

सभाःassemblies / halls

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

divyāḥ sabhāḥ (divine assembly-halls)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined transmission of knowledge: a wise speaker responds methodically (krameṇa), and a ruler should listen attentively. It models ethical communication—ordered instruction, respectful address, and readiness to learn.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Yudhiṣṭhira (the Pāṇḍava king) asks a question, the sage Nārada begins his reply, announcing that he will describe, in sequence, the various divine assembly-halls.