Shloka 2936
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
यस्य प्रसादाद् वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम् | वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--अमिततेजस्वी भगवान् व्यासको नमस्कार है, जिनके कृपाप्रसादसे मैं भगवान् नारायणकी यह कथा कह रहा हूँ
yasya prasādād vakṣyāmi nārāyaṇa-kathām imām |
Vaiśampāyana dit : Par la grâce de celui dont la faveur me permet de parler, je vais maintenant rapporter ce récit sacré de Nārāyaṇa. Je m’incline avec vénération devant le Bhagavān Vyāsa, d’une splendeur incommensurable, par la bénédiction duquel cette narration devient possible.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethic of humility in transmission of sacred knowledge: true narration is presented as possible through the grace (prasāda) of revered authorities—here, Vyāsa—and is oriented toward the divine subject, Nārāyaṇa.
The speaker Vaiśampāyana introduces the forthcoming Nārāyaṇa-related discourse, framing it as spoken by the power of another’s blessing and implicitly offering reverence to Vyāsa as the source and guarantor of the tradition.