Shloka 2

स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः

Devanagari script

न्याययुक्तमिदं सर्व भवता परिकीर्तितम्‌ | न ते>स्त्यविदितं किंचिद्‌ धर्मेष्विह हि दृश्यते,“तात! तुमने मुझसे जो कुछ कहा, यह सब न्याययुक्त है। मुझे तो ऐसा जान पड़ता है कि यहाँ धर्मके विषयमें कोई ऐसी बात नहीं दिखायी देती जो तुम्हें ज्ञात न हो”

Transliteration

nyāyayuktam idaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam | na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃcid dharmeṣv iha hi dṛśyate |

Translation

താതാ! നീ പറഞ്ഞതെല്ലാം ന്യായസംഗതമാണ്. ഇവിടെ ധർമ്മവിഷയത്തിൽ നിനക്കറിയാത്തതായി ഒന്നും തന്നെയില്ലെന്ന് എനിക്ക് തോന്നുന്നു.

Word by Word

न्याययुक्तम्in accordance with justice; proper

इदम्this

सर्वम्all (of it)

भवताby you (sir)

परिकीर्तितम्has been declared/said

नnot

तेto you / for you

अस्तिis/exists

अविदितम्unknown

किञ्चित्anything

धर्मेषुin matters of dharma / in duties

इहhere

हिindeed / for

दृश्यतेis seen / appears

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding of dharma is shown by speech that is nyāya-yukta—grounded in justice and coherent reasoning; the verse praises such clarity and suggests that genuine ethical insight leaves little ‘unknown’ in the immediate question of duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya responds to the interlocutor’s prior statement, affirming that what was said is just and well-reasoned, and acknowledging the speaker’s evident competence in dharma—setting a respectful tone for further instruction or dialogue.