Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तमुवाच महाराज व्यासो वेदविदां वर: । नारदं समभ्िप्रेक्ष्य सर्वज्ञानां पुरातनम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--महाराज! तब वेदवेत्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ व्यासजीने सर्वज्ञ महात्माओंमें सबसे प्राचीन नारदजीकी ओर देखकर युधिष्ठिरसे कहा--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tam uvāca mahārāja Vyāso vedavidāṁ varaḥ | Nāradaṁ samabhiprekṣya sarvajñānāṁ purātanam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「大王よ、そのときヴェーダに通暁する者の中で最勝のヴィヤーサは、万知の聖者たちのうち最も古きナーラダへと目を向け、ユディシュティラに告げた。」

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तम्him

उवाचsaid

महाराजO great king

व्यासःVyāsa

वेदविदाम्of the knowers of the Veda

वरःthe best

नारदम्Nārada

समभिप्रेक्ष्यhaving looked at / after looking toward

सर्वज्ञानाम्of the all-knowing (sages)

पुरातनम्most ancient

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vyāsa

Nārada

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse establishes the ethical authority behind the forthcoming instruction: Vyāsa, the foremost Vedic knower, speaks with due regard to Nārada, the ancient omniscient sage—signaling that the guidance to Yudhiṣṭhira is grounded in venerable, well-attested wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a transition: Vyāsa turns his attention toward Nārada and then addresses King Yudhiṣṭhira, introducing the next segment of counsel in the Śānti Parva.