Shloka 2

Saṃsāra-Gahana Allegory: The Brāhmaṇa in the Forest and Well (संसारगहन-आख्यान)

Devanagari script

विदुर उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयम्भुवे | यथा संसारगहनं वदन्ति परमर्षय:

Transliteration

vidura uvāca | atra te vartayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā svayambhuve | yathā saṃsāragahanaṃ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ ||

Translation

ヴィドゥラは言った。「ここに、まず自生の創造主スヴァヤンブーに礼拝してから、至高の聖仙たちが説くとおり、この世の輪廻という濃密で惑わす叢林を語ろう。」

Word by Word

विदुरःVidura

उवाचsaid

अत्रhere

तेto you

वर्तयिष्यामिI shall relate/tell

नमस्कृत्वाhaving saluted

स्वयम्भुवेto the Self-born (Brahmā)

यथाas/how

संसारगहनम्the dense thicket of worldly existence

वदन्तिthey say

परमर्षयःthe great sages

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Svayambhū (Brahmā)

Paramarṣis (supreme sages)

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?

Vidura signals that his guidance will address the confusing, entangling nature of saṃsāra and will be aligned with the testimony of the highest sages, grounded in humility and reverence to the Creator.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura begins a didactic passage: he prepares to explain a profound topic, first offering homage to Svayambhū (Brahmā) and then invoking the authority of the paramarṣis as the source of the account he is about to present.