Shloka 10

Adhyāya 57 — Arjuna’s Vow-Anxiety, Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel, and the Pāśupata Authorization

Devanagari script

तत्रास्य गाथा गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जना:,उस यज्ञके सम्बन्धमें प्राचीन बातोंको जाननेवाले लोग इस प्रकार गाथा गाते हैं --

Transliteration

tatrāsya gāthā gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ

Translation

そこでは、古伝（プラーナ）に通じた人々が、その祭祀にまつわる伝承の偈を歌い—その儀礼に結びつく古い物語を語り継いだ。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अस्य: of this; of him/it
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गाथाः: songs; verses (gāthās)
• गाथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गायन्ति: they sing
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ये: who; those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुराणविदः: knowers of ancient lore/tradition
• पुराणविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराणविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• gāthā
• yajña (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the authority of inherited sacred memory: ethical and ritual understanding is preserved and transmitted through learned tradition-bearers who recite ancient accounts connected with dharma and sacrifice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada introduces an old, well-known gāthā recited by Purāṇa-knowers, signaling that an earlier traditional account will now be quoted to explain the background and significance of a particular sacrifice.