Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अनुभूतं हि बहुशस्त्वयैकेन द्विजोत्तम | न ते<स्त्यविदितं किंचित्‌ सर्वलोकेषु नित्यदा,विप्रवर! केवल आपने ही अनेक कल्पोंकी श्रेष्ठ रचनाका बहुत बार अनुभव किया है। सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें कभी कोई ऐसी वस्तु नहीं है, जो आपको ज्ञात न हो'

Transliteration

anubhūtaṃ hi bahuśas tvayaikena dvijottama | na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃcit sarvalokeṣu nityadā, vipravara ||

Translation

Wahai dwija-utama, wahai brahmana termulia! Engkau seorang diri telah berulang kali menyaksikan dan mengalami begitu banyak sepanjang banyak zaman. Di seluruh dunia-dunia, pada setiap masa, tiada sesuatu pun yang tidak engkau ketahui.

Word by Word

अनुभूतम्experienced, known by experience

हिindeed, for

बहुशःmany times, repeatedly

त्वयाby you

एकेनalone; by one (person)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

नnot

तेto you / of you

अस्तिis, exists

अविदितम्unknown

किञ्चित्anything, something

सर्वलोकेषुin all worlds

नित्यदाalways, at all times

विप्रवरO best of Brahmins

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa/sage)

vipravara (addressed brāhmaṇa/sage)

sarvaloka (all worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epistemic authority of a realized brāhmaṇa-sage: true knowledge is grounded in repeated direct experience (anubhava) across vast time, making such a teacher a reliable guide for dharma and narrative truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses an eminent brāhmaṇa with honorifics, praising his vast experiential knowledge and implying that he is uniquely qualified to explain events and principles spanning many worlds and ages.