Shloka 6

अध्याय ७१ — द्रोणव्यूहरक्षा तथा समकालीन द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि

Protection of Droṇa’s formation and parallel duels

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच दिष्टयापह्वतशोक स्त्वं वृणीष्वेह यदिच्छसि । तत्‌ तत्‌ प्रपत्स्यसे सर्व न मृषावादिनो वयम्‌,नारदजीने कहा--राजन्‌! बड़े सौभाग्यकी बात है कि तुम्हारा शोक दूर हो गया। अब तुम्हारी जो इच्छा हो, यहाँ मुझसे माँग लो। तुम्हारी वह सारी अभिलषित वस्तु तुम्हें प्राप्त हो जायगी। हमलोग झूठ नहीं बोलते हैं

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | diṣṭyāpahṛtaśoka stvaṁ vṛṇīṣveha yad icchasi | tat tat prapatsyase sarvaṁ na mṛṣāvādino vayam ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「幸いにも、そなたの悲嘆は取り除かれた。いま、王よ、この場で望むものを選び、わたしに求めよ。そなたの願うものは—すべて得られよう。我らは虚言を語らぬ。」

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'diṣṭyā', 'meaning': 'by good fortune

• it is well that'}, {'term': 'apahṛta-śoka', 'meaning': 'one whose sorrow has been taken away

• grief-removed'}, {'term': 'tvam', 'meaning': 'you'}, {'term': 'vṛṇīṣva', 'meaning': 'choose

• ask for (imperative)'}, {'term': 'iha', 'meaning': 'here

• in this place/occasion'}, {'term': 'yad icchasi', 'meaning': 'whatever you desire'}, {'term': 'tat tat', 'meaning': 'that and that

• each and every (desired thing)'}, {'term': 'prapatsyase', 'meaning': 'you will obtain

• you will attain'}, {'term': 'sarvam', 'meaning': 'all

• entirely'}, {'term': 'na', 'meaning': 'not'}, {'term': 'mṛṣā-vādin', 'meaning': 'speaker of falsehood

• liar'}, {'term': 'vayam', 'meaning': 'we'}]

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• the king (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) as a defining mark of a ṛṣi: Nārada assures that his promise is reliable because the wise do not speak falsehood. Ethical speech becomes the foundation for trust, counsel, and the granting of boons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a king whose grief has subsided and invites him to ask for any desired boon, promising fulfillment and reinforcing the credibility of that promise by declaring that he and his kind are not liars.