Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तदेतद्‌ राज्ञों महाभाग्यमप्युक्तवान्‌ नारद:,“इस प्रकार साक्षात्‌ नारदजीने राजा शिबिकी महत्ताका अपने मुखसे वर्णन किया”

Transliteration

tad etad rājño mahābhāgyam apy uktavān nāradaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus did Nārada also recount to the king this account of great fortune and exalted merit—describing, from his own mouth, the greatness of King Śibi and the ethical grandeur of his conduct.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महाभाग्यम्: great good fortune / great blessedness
• महाभाग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उक्तवान्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Nārada
• King Śibi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that exemplary royal dharma—embodied by King Śibi’s famed righteousness and generosity—is worthy of being preserved and transmitted by authoritative sages like Nārada, making ethical greatness a model for rulers and listeners.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, as the frame-narrator, states that Nārada has already narrated to the king the celebrated account of King Śibi’s greatness; this line functions as a transition/summary marker within the ongoing story.