Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्र कथाशक्षासंस्तेषां धर्मार्थलक्षणा: । विचित्रपदसंचारा नानाश्रुतिभिरन्विता:

Transliteration

tatastatra kathāśakṣāsaṃsteṣāṃ dharmārthalakṣaṇāḥ | vicitrapadasaṃcārā nānāśrutibhir anvitāḥ ||

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ໃນສະຖານນັ້ນ ກໍເກີດມີການສົນທະນາ ແລະ ການສອນສັ່ງກັນໃນຫມູ່ເຂົາ ອັນມີເຄື່ອງໝາຍແຫ່ງທຳມະ ແລະ ອັດຖະ—ຖ້ອຍຄຳທີ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວດ້ວຍສຳນວນຫຼາກຫຼາຍ ມີສິລະປະ ແລະ ອຸດົມດ້ວຍການອ້າງອີງຈາກຄຳພີ (śruti) ແລະ ຄຳສອນໂບຮານຫຼາຍປະການ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• कथाशिक्षाः: instructions/teachings in discourse (narrative instruction)
• कथाशिक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथाशिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• संस्तेषाम्: well-commended / highly praised
• संस्तेषाम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्तेय (ppp. of सम्-स्ति/सम्-स्था in sense 'to praise/commend'; used adjectivally)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural (agreeing with कथाशिक्षाः)

• धर्मार्थलक्षणाः: having dharma and artha as their theme/mark
• धर्मार्थलक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मार्थलक्षण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural (agreeing with कथाशिक्षाः)

• विचित्रपदसंचाराः: moving through varied words/phrases; with varied diction
• विचित्रपदसंचाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्रपदसंचार
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural (agreeing with कथाशिक्षाः)

• नानाश्रुतिभिः: with various scriptural citations/traditions
• नानाश्रुतिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानाश्रुति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्विताः: endowed with / accompanied by
• अन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (ppp. of अनु-इ ‘to follow’; ‘endowed/connected’)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural (agreeing with कथाशिक्षाः)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that proper counsel and conversation should be grounded in dharma (ethical right) and artha (practical welfare), and supported by authoritative tradition (śruti), suggesting that moral life and prudent action are best guided by disciplined, well-sourced instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene where the group engages in refined, varied discussions—didactic talks and exchanges—whose content concerns dharma and artha and is reinforced with diverse scriptural or traditional references.