Shloka 37

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतद्‌ वचनमाज्ञाय व्यासस्यामिततेजस:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca etad vacanam ājñāya vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ

Translation

ໄວຊັມປາຍະນະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອເຂົາໄດ້ເຂົ້າໃຈຖ້ອຍຄໍານັ້ນຂອງວຽາສະ ຜູ້ມີຣັດສະມີອັນຫາຂອບເຂດບໍ່ໄດ້ (ພວກເຂົາກໍໄດ້ປະພຶດຕາມ). ການເລົ່ານີ້ເນັ້ນການຟັງດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບຕໍ່ຄໍາຊີ້ນໍາຂອງຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ມີອໍານາດທາງຈິດວິນຍານ ແລະຊີ້ວ່າ ການກະທໍາທີ່ຖືກທໍາ ເລີ່ມຈາກການເຂົ້າໃຈເຈດຕະນາຂອງຄໍາສອນອັນປັນຍາ.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एतत्this

वचनम्speech/statement

आज्ञायhaving understood/known

व्यासस्यof Vyāsa

अमिततेजसःof (him) of immeasurable splendor

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vyāsa (Vedavyāsa)

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 highlights the ethical priority of heeding and correctly understanding the words of a realized authority (here, Vyāsa). In dharma-literature, wise counsel is not merely heard but comprehended (ājñāya) and then becomes the basis for proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, marks a transition: after Vyāsa has spoken, the listeners/actors are described as having grasped his statement. This sets up the next action in the Mausala Parva sequence, where events proceed in accordance with that authoritative instruction.