Svargarohana Parva Adhyaya 6 Shloka 22 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

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Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्रिषष्टिवर्णसंयुक्तमष्टस्थानसमीरितम्‌ । वाचयेद्‌ वाचक: स्वस्थ: स्वासीन: सुसमाहित:

Transliteration

triṣaṣṭivarṇasaṃyuktam aṣṭasthānasamīritam | vācayed vācakaḥ svasthaḥ svāsīnaḥ susamāhitaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「語り手は、六十三の音素から成る本文を、八つの発音部位に従って正しく発して読誦せよ。物語るとき、読者は健やかで、楽に坐し、深く心を統一していなければならない。」

Word by Word

त्रिषष्टिवर्णसंयुक्तम्endowed with (i.e., consisting of) sixty-three letters

अष्टस्थानसमीरितम्uttered/produced from the eight places (of articulation)

वाचयेत्should cause to be recited / should recite (as a reader)

वाचकःthe reciter / narrator

स्वस्थःhealthy, at ease

स्वासीनःseated comfortably

सुसमाहितःwell-collected, fully attentive

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

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 teaches disciplined, accurate recitation: correct phonetic articulation (from the recognized places of pronunciation) and the ethical posture of the narrator—health, steadiness, proper seating, and focused attention—so that sacred narration is transmitted without distortion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa context, Vaiśaṃpāyana pauses to state a normative guideline for how the Mahābhārata should be recited and heard: the reciter must pronounce properly and maintain physical and mental composure while delivering the story.