Shloka 9

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

किमुक्तवांश्व॒ भगवंस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सुव्रत । त्वत्त: श्रोतुं सर्वमिदं परं कौतूहलं हि मे

Transliteration

kim uktavān śva bhagavaṁs tan mamācakṣva suvrata | tvattaḥ śrotuṁ sarvam idaṁ paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me, vipravara | āpane pitṛlokeṁ jākar mere pitā mahābhāga pāṇḍuko bhī dekhā thā, kis prakār ve āpse mile the? bhagavan! unhoṁne āpse kyā kahā? yah mujhe batāiye | suvrata! āpse yah sab kuch sunne ke liye mere man meṁ baṛī utkaṇṭhā hai

Translation

“Wahai yang mulia, wahai pemegang laku yang utama, katakan kepadaku apa yang ia ucapkan. Aku sangat ingin mendengar semuanya darimu; rasa ingin tahuku telah memuncak. Ketika engkau pergi ke alam para leluhur, bagaimana ayahku yang termasyhur, Pāṇḍu, bertemu denganmu? Dan apa yang ia katakan? Mohon kisahkan.”

Word by Word

• {'kim': 'what?', 'uktavān': 'said

• spoke (perfect participle, masc. nom. sg.)', 'bhagavan': 'venerable one

• holy sir', 'tat': 'that (matter)', 'mama': 'to me

• my', 'ācakṣva': 'tell

• relate (imperative, 2nd sg.)', 'suvrata': 'one of good vows/discipline

• epithet of a sage', 'tvattaḥ': 'from you', 'śrotum': 'to hear', 'sarvam idam': 'all this', 'param': 'great

• intense', 'kautūhalam': 'curiosity

• eager interest', 'hi': 'indeed

• for', 'me': 'for me

• my', 'vipravara': 'foremost among Brahmins', 'pitṛloka': 'world of the Fathers/ancestors', 'pitā': 'father', 'mahābhāga': 'highly fortunate

• illustrious', 'pāṇḍu': 'Pāṇḍu (father of the Pāṇḍavas)', 'utkaṇṭhā': 'yearning

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu
• Pitṛloka
• Vipravara (foremost Brahmin; addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic inquiry: Yudhiṣṭhira approaches a revered Brahmin with humility and disciplined curiosity, seeking truthful knowledge about his father and the ancestral realm—showing reverence, filial responsibility, and the ethical value of learning from trustworthy sources.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira questions a Brahmin sage who has visited Pitṛloka, asking him to recount how Pāṇḍu met him there and what Pāṇḍu said, because Yudhiṣṭhira is intensely eager to hear the details directly from the sage.