Shloka 3

कर्म–ज्ञान–दैव–स्वभावविचारः

Inquiry into Karma, Knowledge, Fate, and Nature

Devanagari script

उग्रसेन उवाच यस्य संकल्पते लोको नारदस्य प्रकीर्तने । मन्ये स गुणसम्पन्नो ब्रूहि तन्मम पृच्छत:,उग्रसेन बोले--जनार्दन! सब लोग जिनके गुणोंका कीर्तन करनेकी इच्छा रखते हैं, वे नारदजी मेरी समझमें अवश्य उत्तम गुणोंसे सम्पन्न हैं; अतः मैं उनके गुणोंके विषयमें पूछता हूँ, तुम मुझे बताओ

Transliteration

Ugrasena uvāca: yasya saṅkalpate loko Nāradasya prakīrtane | manye sa guṇasampanno brūhi tan mama pṛcchataḥ ||

Translation

ウグラセーナは言った。「ジャナールダナよ。世の人々がナーラダにおいてその徳を讃えたいと願うほどの者は、まことに優れた資質を具えているに違いない。ゆえにその資質について汝に問う、我に語ってくれ。」

Word by Word

• {'uvāca': 'said', 'yasya': 'of whom

• whose', 'saṅkalpate': 'forms an intention

• resolves', 'lokaḥ': 'the world

• people in general', 'Nāradasya': 'of Nārada', 'prakīrtane': 'in praising

• in celebrating (virtues)', 'manye': 'I think

• I consider', 'saḥ': 'he', 'guṇa-sampannaḥ': 'endowed with virtues

• possessing good qualities', 'brūhi': 'tell (me)', 'tat': 'that (matter)', 'mama': 'to me

• my', 'pṛcchataḥ': 'of (me) asking

Speaker

उग्रसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ugrasena
• Narada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public esteem directed toward praising a person’s virtues is taken as a sign of genuine excellence; the verse frames ethical evaluation through recognized guṇa (virtues) and encourages respectful inquiry into the qualities of the wise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ugrasena addresses his interlocutor and asks to be told about Nārada’s virtues, reasoning that someone whom people wish to praise must be truly virtuous.