Shloka 2

अध्याय ९० — लोमशोपदेशः तथा तीर्थयात्रानिश्चयः

Lomaśa’s Counsel and the Resolve for Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा मम मन्त्रयत: प्रभो । कथाप्रतिग्रहो वीर श्रद्धां जनयते शुभाम्‌,धौम्यजी कहते हैं--नृपश्रेष्ठ! उत्तर दिशामें जो पुण्यप्रद तीर्थ और देवालय आदि हैं, उनका तुमसे वर्णन करता हूँ। प्रभो! तुम सावधान होकर वह सब मेरे मुखसे सुनो। वीरवर! तीर्थोकी कथाका प्रसंग उनके प्रति मंगलमयी श्रद्धा उत्पन्न करता है

Transliteration

śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā mama mantrayataḥ prabho | kathāpratigraho vīra śraddhāṃ janayate śubhām ||

Translation

Dhaumya said: “O lord, listen with full attention as I speak. O hero, the very act of receiving and engaging with sacred narratives gives rise to auspicious faith.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'śṛṇuṣva', 'gloss': 'listen (imperative, 2nd person singular)'}, {'term': 'āvahitaḥ', 'gloss': 'attentive, concentrated, composed'}, {'term': 'bhūtvā', 'gloss': 'having become, after becoming'}, {'term': 'mama', 'gloss': 'of me, my'}, {'term': 'mantrayataḥ', 'gloss': 'as I counsel/speak/advise (genitive/ablative singular of present participle)'}, {'term': 'prabho', 'gloss': 'O lord, O master (vocative)'}, {'term': 'kathā', 'gloss': 'story, sacred account, narrative'}, {'term': 'pratigrahaḥ', 'gloss': 'acceptance, reception, taking in (here: attentive reception of discourse)'}, {'term': 'vīra', 'gloss': 'O hero (vocative)'}, {'term': 'śraddhām', 'gloss': 'faith, trust, reverent confidence'}, {'term': 'janayate', 'gloss': 'produces, generates, gives rise to'}, {'term': 'śubhām', 'gloss': 'auspicious, beneficial, wholesome'}]

Speaker

धौम्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhaumya
• Prabhu (addressed lord/king)
• Vīra (addressed hero)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attentive listening to sacred counsel and narratives is itself transformative: receiving such kathā cultivates śraddhā—an auspicious, ethically strengthening faith that supports dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya addresses the king/hero and asks him to listen carefully as he begins a discourse; he frames the forthcoming sacred accounts (especially tīrtha-related narration in this section) as a means to awaken auspicious faith.