Shloka 34

Devanagari script

लोगमश उवाच यत्‌ ते$हं परिपृष्टो5स्मि कथामेतां युधिष्िर । तत्‌ सर्वमखिलेनेह श्रूयतां मम भाषत:,लोमशजीने कहा--युधिष्ठिर! तुमने जिसके विषयमें मुझसे प्रश्न किया है, वह कथा --वह सारा वृत्तान्त मैं बता रहा हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | yat te 'haṃ paripṛṣṭo 'smi kathām etāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | tat sarvam akhileneha śrūyatāṃ mama bhāṣataḥ ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “Yudhiṣṭhira, you have asked me about this account. Now hear from me, as I speak here, the entire narrative in full.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'lomaśa uvāca', 'definition': 'Lomaśa said'}, {'term': 'yat', 'definition': 'that which

• what'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'by you

• to you (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'aham', 'definition': 'I'}, {'term': 'paripṛṣṭaḥ (asmi)', 'definition': '(I) have been asked

• questioned in detail'}, {'term': 'kathā', 'definition': 'story

• narrative'}, {'term': 'etām', 'definition': 'this (feminine accusative singular)'}, {'term': 'yudhiṣṭhira', 'definition': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)'}, {'term': 'tat', 'definition': 'that

• that matter'}, {'term': 'sarvam', 'definition': 'all

• the whole'}, {'term': 'akhilena', 'definition': 'completely

• in its entirety'}, {'term': 'iha', 'definition': 'here

• in this context'}, {'term': 'śrūyatām', 'definition': 'let it be heard

• please listen (imperative/passive)'}, {'term': 'mama', 'definition': 'my

• from me'}, {'term': 'bhāṣataḥ', 'definition': 'as (I am) speaking

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse establishes the ethical frame of transmission: a worthy question is met with a complete and faithful telling, and the listener is enjoined to attentive hearing—an essential discipline in dharma-oriented learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa responds to Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry by formally beginning his narration, promising to relate the entire account in full and asking Yudhiṣṭhira to listen.