Shloka 9
Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)
नारद उवाच स्थिरीभूय महाराज शृणु वृत्तं यथातथम् । यथा श्रुतं च दृष्टं च मया तस्मिंस्तपोवने
nārada uvāca
sthirībhūya mahārāja śṛṇu vṛttaṃ yathātatham |
yathā śrutaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ ca mayā tasmiṃs tapovane ||
નારદે કહ્યું—મહારાજ, સ્થિરચિત્ત થઈ યથાતથ્ય વર્તાંત સાંભળો. તે તપોવનમાં મેં જાતે જે સાંભળ્યું અને જોયું, તે જ હું યથાર્થ કહું છું.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes steadiness of mind and commitment to truthful reporting: one should listen with composure, and one should speak ‘as it really was’—grounded in direct hearing and seeing.
Narada begins a report to the king, introducing that he will narrate events from an ascetic forest based on his own firsthand experience—what he saw and heard there.