Shloka 12
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
गुरुणा च मयाप्येष कथितो नृपसत्तम । यथा तत् कथित तत्र नारदेन तथा शृणु,नृपश्रेष्ठ! मेरे गुरु व्यासजीने और मैंने भी यह विषय कहा था; परंतु वहाँ नारदजीने उस विषयका जैसा वर्णन किया था, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो
guruṇā ca mayāpy eṣa kathito nṛpasattama | yathā tat kathitaṃ tatra nāradena tathā śṛṇu nṛpaśreṣṭha ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നൃപസത്തമാ! ഈ വിഷയം എന്റെ ഗുരു വ്യാസനും ഞാനും പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്; എന്നാൽ ആ അവസരത്തിൽ നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നേ ഇപ്പോൾ കേൾക്കുക.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of sacred-historical teaching: the narrator grounds his account in the authority of his guru (Vyāsa) and promises to reproduce Nārada’s version accurately, highlighting integrity, lineage, and reliability in dharma instruction.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and signals a shift to a prior authoritative telling: although Vyāsa and Vaiśampāyana have narrated the topic, he now invites the listener to hear the same matter as Nārada recounted it in that earlier setting.