Shloka 9

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच श्वेतद्वीपातन्निवृत्तेन नारदेन सुर्िणा

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca śvetadvīpāt tannivṛttena nāradena surarṣiṇā

Translation

જનમેજયે કહ્યું—શ્વેતદ્વીપથી પરત આવેલા દેવર્ષિ નારદે શું અહેવાલ આપ્યો?

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्वेतद्वीपात्: from Śvetadvīpa
• श्वेतद्वीपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतद्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तत्: from that (place/there)
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• निवृत्तेन: by (one) returned
• निवृत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुरिणा: by the sage/seer
• सुरिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Nārada
• Śvetadvīpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames dharmic learning as disciplined inquiry: a king seeks authoritative testimony from a realized sage, implying that ethical and spiritual knowledge is best approached through respectful questioning and reliable sources.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya introduces a question about Nārada’s return from Śvetadvīpa, setting up a report or teaching that Nārada is expected to deliver based on what he witnessed or learned there.